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PERICLES
ordinary way for *A Yorkshire Tragedy* on May 2, 1608; the work is described in the Stationers’ Registers, iii. 377, thus: ‘A booke called *A Yorkshire Tragedy* written by WYLLIAM SHAKESPERE.’
Small change was made in Pavier’s text of *Pericles*. It followed closely the ‘Enter’ (first) edition of 1609. But there are one or two rational emendations (cf. i. 2. 86 ‘thinke’ for ‘doo’t’, *recte* ‘doubt’; i. 3. 34 ‘my’ for ‘now’; iv. 6. 28 ‘impunity’ for ‘iniquity’; v. 1. 89 ‘weighed’ for ‘wayde’).
In 1623 a syndicate of publishers produced the First Folio collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays. *Pericles* was not included, either owing to Pavier’s unreadiness to part with his interest, or to suspicions on the part of the editors of the First Folio as to the authenticity of the piece. Pavier carried on business till his death early in 1626, and apparently retained his claim to *Pericles* till the last. On August 14, 1626, his widow made over to Edward Brewster and Robert Bird all the estate, right, title, interest, of her late husband in some sixty specified volumes as well as ‘in Shakespeare’s plaies or any of them’. The specified books include *The play of Henry Fift, Sir John Oldcastle, A play Tytus and Andronicus, History of Hamblett*, all of which seem to have been treated as Shakespeare’s work.¹ *Pericles* was among the unspecified plays placed to Shakespeare’s credit, which were included in the property made over by Pavier’s widow to Bird and Brewster.
¹ *thinges* formerly printed, including *The History of Henry the Fifth, with the Battell of Agencourt*, and *The Spanisbe Tragedie*. He published two imperfect editions of Shakespeare’s *Henry V* (in 1602 and 1608). On April 19, 1602, Pavier acquired from Thomas Millington, besides the two parts of *Henry VI*, ‘a booke called *Titus and Andronicus*, and on August 30, 1608, he received licence to publish *A history of Tyana and Theseus*, possibly a draft of *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, of which nothing more is known. Arber, iii. 388.
¹ Arber, iv. 164, 165.
Transfer of copyright to Bird and Brewster.
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