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(1) THE #Ekatompathia# or Passionate Centurie of Loue. _Divided into two parts: whereof, the first expresseth the Authors sufferance in Loue: the latter, his long farewell to Loue and all his tyrannie._ Composed by _Thomas Watson_ Gentleman; and published at the request of certaine Gentlemen his very frendes. London [1582.]

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Typographical errors:

_As noted above, punctuation and capitalization within the play itself
are unchanged; missing punctuation has not been supplied. The entire
text, including the modern (1869) material, used long "s"._

_The form #ekatompathia# for #hekatompathia# is used consistently._

_Possible long-s errors:_
Whersore concerning mariage, ye are thought
_"Whersore" for "Wherfore"_
+Tib. Talk.+ Then Trupenies firesorke will him shrewdly fray,
_"firesorke" for "fireforke"_
+C. Custance.+ Ye shall see womens warre.
+T. Trusty.+ That fight wil I behold.
_readings "fight" and "sight" are both plausible_
Hath no honour to foile his handes on a woman.
_"foile" for "soile"_

1534-1543. æt.
_text unchanged_

_Ex. am._, _Exeant am._ (two occurrences)
_text unchanged: possible error for "om." (omnes)_

+Tib. Talk.+ Not with you sir, but with a little wag-pastie,
_hyphen at line-break_
In suche an outragious tempest as as this was.
_duplication "as as" in original_
Sym Suresby here perchance shal therof deme som yll,
_text has appropriately sized empty space for initial "S"_
Sym Suresby my trustie man, nowe aduise thee well,
_speaker's name (Gawin Goodlucke) missing in original_

whiche he preahecd in ye Shrouds at paules churche
_text unchanged: error for "preached"_