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# LUCRECE
[1614] primo Martij 1613[-4]
Entred [to Roger Jackson] for his Coppies by consent of Master John Harrison the eldest and by order of a Court, these 4 books following ijr. viz¹. . . .
- MASCALLES first booke of Cattell
- Master Dentes Sermon of repentance
- RECORDES Arithmeticke.
## LUCRECE
Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616, more than two years after the copyright of *Lucrece* suffered its first transfer. Jackson, the second holder, retained the copyright for nearly twelve years, till his death early in 1626, when it passed to his widow. Jackson was responsible for the editions of 1616 and 1624, the first of which was printed by Thomas Snodham, and the second by John Beale.¹ His widow assigned the book, with her property in twenty-nine other volumes, on January 16, 1626, to Francis Williams. The entry attesting the transfer in the Stationers’ Register runs (iv. 149):—
[1626] 16° Januarij 1625[-6]
Assigned over vnto him [to Francis Williams] by mistris Jackson wife of Roger Jackson Deceased, and by order of a full Court holden this Day. all her estate in the [30] Copies here after mencioned xiii jr.
-23 Lucrece by Shackspeare.
Francis Williams kept the copyright for little more than four years, parting with it on June 29, 1630, to Master
John Harrison, junior,
¹ Snodham, who took up his freedom on June 28, 1602, was apprenticed to Thomas East, or Este, the music-printer, whose surname (*alias* East) he added to his own. Snodham succeeded to his old master’s presses at the sign of the Black Horse in Aldersgate Street. He printed much music, e.g. Campion’s music-books (1610 and 1612). In 1615 Wither’s *Satyre* came from his press. He was active in the trade till his death in 1625. Beale, a
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