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Brome – The Antipodes (1640)

Brome, Richard. The antipodes : a comedie, acted in the yeare 1638 by the Queenes Majesties Servants, at Salisbury Court in Fleet-street (London : Printed by I. Okes, for Francis Constable, and are to be sold at his shops in Kings-street at the signe of the Goat, and in Westminster-hall, 1640)

Sotheby’s 1856 lot 233. ESTC S106712 .

Firestone Library, Princeton University Ex 3639.9.312 c.1. Located by Sarah Lindenbaum. For images, see: https://twitter.com/wolfrestonward/status/908749517817819137

Shirley – Love Will Finde out the Way (1661)

Shirley, James. Love will finde out the way : an excellent comedy (London : Printed by Ja: Cottrel, for Samuel Speed, at the signe of the Printing-Press in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1661)

Sotheby’s 1856 lot 231. ESTC R10871. In September 2017, Harry Ransom Center curator Aaron T. Pratt discovered that Wolfreston annotated the book “i doe not lik this.”

University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center PFORZ 929 PFZ. Located by Paul Morgan.

Image courtesy Aaron T. Pratt: https://twitter.com/aarontpratt/status/908332776587489280