The ascription to Chapman is not generally accepted. The work has been identified with "The paraside, or, Revenge for honour", a play registered 1653 as the work of Henry Glapthorne. Cf. Plays and poems of George Chapman, ed. by T.M. Parrott; The Tragedies, p. 713-720; D.L. Thomas in Modern philology, April, 1908, p. 617-636; Cambridge history of English literature, v. 6; [etc.]; Greg II (1951) 729-730

In verse

Title page vignette; headpieces

Wing (2nd ed., 1994)

Greg

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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the fifth of five items bound together in a volume titled "Dramas." This volume contains [1]: As you find it, a comedy as it is acted at the New-Theatre, in Little-Lincoln's-Inn-Fields by Her Majesty's servants -- [2]: Vittoria Corombona, or, The white devil, a tragedy / by J. Webster -- [3]: The changeling, as it was acted (with great applause) at the Privat house in Drury-Lane and Salisbury Court / written by Thomas Midleton and William Rowley -- [4]: Amphitryon, or, The two Socia's, a comedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal ... / by Mr. Dryden -- [5]: Revenge for honour, a tragedy / by George Chapman

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