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Five nevv PLAYES, VIZ. The ENGLISH MOOR, or The MOCK-MARRIAGE. The LOVE-SICK COURT, or The AMBITIOUS POLITIQUE. COVENT GARDEN Weeded. The NEVV ACADEMY, or The NEVV EXCHANGE. The QUEEN and CONCUBINE.
RICHARD BROME
LONDON, Printed for A. Crook at the Green Dragon in Saint Pauls Church-yard, and for H. Brome at the Gunn in Ivy-Lane, 1659.
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[F6r] THE Love-sick Court. OR THE Ambitious Politique. A COMEDY
Richard Brome
LONDON, Printed by J. T. for A. C. and are to be sold by Henry Broom, at the Gun in Ivie-lane, 1658.
1659
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Physical Description
Published as part of Five New Plays, containing: The English Moor, or The Mock Marriage; The Lovesick Court, or The Ambitious Politic; The Weeding of the Covent Garden, or The Middlesex Justice of Peace (The Covent Garden Weeded); The New Academy, or The New Exchange; The Queen and Concubine.
TO THE READER: "To the Readers" (unsigned, but probably by Alexander Brome, editor) [π3r]; "The Stationers to the Reader" signed "A. C. H. B." (Andrew Crooke [1] and Henry Brome) [a3v]
OTHER PARATEXTS: Half-title, "Bromes Playes." (printed up the page) [πA1v]; advertisement for books "sold by Andrew Crook" [2O8r]
CHARACTER LIST: "Drammatis Personæ" [F7v]