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- # Blount’s licence.
## Overview
This is a section titled "Blount’s licence." extracted from a text file related to Shakespeare's play *Pericles*. It is of the type "section" and is part of a larger chapter within a collection of Shakespearean works. The section covers lines 13894 to 14024 of the source file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA).
## Context
This section is part of the chapter [PERICLES](arke:01KG6S4D9MD59KJ70ZSS7J97J8), which is included in the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y) collection. The section is preceded by [## IV](arke:01KG6S5HR1ZH6X0PS98RYYQA93) and followed by [Spelling differences.](arke:01KG6S5HR1D4JNVF42N3YKYZQM)
## Contents
The section discusses the original publication of *Pericles* in 1609, focusing on the licence obtained by Edward Blount in 1608. It details the entry in the Stationers’ Registers, mentioning Blount's licence for both *Pericles* and *Anthony and Cleopatra*. The section also covers the publication of *Pericles* by Henry Gosson, the lack of a copyright transfer record from Blount to Gosson, and the corrupt state of the first edition's text. It also references George Wilkins' novel and its relationship to the play. The content is divided into four chunks: the first discusses Blount's licence and Gosson's publication, the second discusses the lack of copyright transfer and the poor quality of the first edition, the third discusses how the text may have been copied by ear, and the fourth discusses the two editions produced by Gosson in 1609.
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