Writing 'bove one and twenty; but ill nurst,
And yet receiv'd, as well perform'd at first,
Grac't and frequented, for the cradle age,
Did throng the Seates, the Boxes, and the Stage
So much; that some by Stenography drew
The plot: put it in print: (scarce one word trew:)
There is also an Epilogue, which shows that both parts were revived. The piracy may serve to date the original production in 1605 and the Caroline revival probably led to the reprints of 1632. As the play passed to the Cockpit, it was presumably written for Queen Anne's.
Greg (Henslowe, ii. 223) rightly resists the suggestion that it was the old Philip of Spain bought by the Admiral's from Alleyn in 1602. It is only Part i which has characteristics attributable to stenography, and this remained unrevised. According to Van Dam and Stoffel, the 1606 and 1632 editions of Part ii represent the same original text, in the first case shortened for representation, in the second altered by a press-corrector.
Fortune by Land and Sea. c. 1607 (?) With W. Rowley. S. R. 1655, June 20. 'Fortune by Land & sea, a tragicomedie, written by Tho: Heywood & Wm. Rowley.' John Sweeting (Eyre, i. 486). 1655. Fortune by Land and Sea. A Tragi-Comedy. As it was Acted with great Applause by the Queens Servants. Written by Tho. Haywood and William Rowly. For John Sweeting and Robert Pollard. Edition by B. Field (1846, Sh. Soc.).—Dissertation: Oxoniensis, Illustration of Fortune by Land and Sea (1847, Sh. Soc. Papers, iii. 7). The action is placed in the reign of Elizabeth (cf. ed. Pearson, vi, pp. 409, 431), but this may be due merely to the fact that the source is a pamphlet (S. R. 15 Aug. 1586) dealing with Elizabethan piracy. Rowley's co-operation suggests the date 1607-9 when he was writing for Queen Anne's men, and other trifling evidence (Aronstein, 237) makes such a date plausible.
The Rape of Lucrece. 1603 < > 8
S. R. 1608, June 3 (Buck). 'A Booke called A Romane tragedie called The Rape of Lucrece.' John Busby and Nathanael Butter (Arber, iii. 380). 1608. The Rape of Lucrece. A True Roman Tragedie. With the seuerall Songes in their apt places, by Valerius, the merrie Lord amongst the Roman Peeres. Acted by her Maiesties Seruants at the Red Bull, neare Clarkenwell. Written by Thomas Heywood. For I. B. [Epistle to the Reader, signed 'T. H.'] 1609. For I. B.
1630. . . . The fourth Impression. . . . For Nathaniel Butter.
1638. . . . The copy revised, and sundry Songs before omitted, now inserted in their right places. . . . John Raworth for Nathaniel Butter. [Note to the Reader at end.]
Edition in 1825 (O. E. D. i).
