DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1634 Dekker, Thomas The Noble Spanish Soldier (The Noble Soldier, or A Contract Broken Justly Revenged)

Reference Information

DEEP #: 832
Greg #: 490a
STC/Wing #: 21416
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Pseudo-History
 
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Quarto
Leaves: 32
Date of First Publication: 1634
Date of First Production: 1622
Company of First Production: Unknown
Company Attribution: n/a
 
Total Editions: 1 quarto

Title-Page Features

Title: THE NOBLE SOVLDIER. OR, A CONTRACT BROKEN, JUSTLY REVENG'D. A TRAGEDY.
Author: Written by S. R.
Performance:
Latin Motto: [in single column] ———— Non est, Lex Iustior Vlla, | Quam Nescis Artifices, Arte perire Sua.
Imprint: LONDON: Printed for Nicholas Vavasour, and are to be sold at his shop in the Temple, neere the Church. 1634.

Paratextual Material

To the Reader: "The Printer to the Reader" signed "N V." [sic] (Nicholas Vavasour, publisher) [A3r]
Character List: "Drammatis Personæ" [A4r]

Stationer Information

Printer: Beale, John
Publisher: Vavasour, Nicholas
Imprint Location: W.11 (Fleet St. - Inner Temple / Temple Church)
Entries in Stationers' Register: May 16, 1631: Entered to John Jackman: "a Tragedy called The noble Spanish Souldier by Tho: Deckar."
Dec 9, 1633: Entered to Nicholas Vavasour: "a Tragedy called The Noble Spanish soldior written by mr Decker".