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+English Reprints.+
NICHOLAS UDALL, M.A.
Master, in succession, of Eton College and Westminster School.
+ROISTER DOISTER.+
Written, probably also represented, before 1553.
Carefully Edited from the Unique Copy,
Now at Eton College,
by
EDWARD ARBER,
_Associate, King's College, London, F.R.G.S., &c._
London:
5 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, W.C.
Ent. Stat. Hall.] 24 July, 1869. [All Rights reserved.
+Dramatis Personæ.+
+Ralph Roister Doister.+
+Mathew Merygreeke.+
+Gawyn Goodluck+, _affianced to Dame Custance_.
+Tristram Trustie+, _his friend_.
+Dobinet Doughtie+, _'boy' to Roister Doister_.
+Tom Trupenie+, _seruant to Dame Custance_.
+Sym Suresby+, _seruant to Goodluck_.
+Scriuener.+
_Harpax._
_Dame_ +Christian Custance+, _a widow_.
+Margerie Mumblecrust+, _her nurse_.
+Tibet Talk apace+, } _her maidens._
+Annot Alyface+, }
Time. _About Two days._
Scene. _Not indicated: ? London._
A brief Note of the LIFE, WORKS, and TIMES
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