title: The Martyred Soldier
variant_description: The dedication exists in two states: in Greg 533a(*), it is signed "I. K."; in Greg 533a(†), it is signed "Io. Kirke." See also Greg 
title_page_title: THE MARTYR'D Souldier:
title_page_author: The Author H. S<small>HIRLEY</small> Gent.
title_page_performance: As it was sundry times Acted with a generall applause at the Private house in Drury lane, and at other publicke Theaters. <i>By  the Queenes Ma</i>j<i>esties servants</i>.
title_page_imprint: LONDON: Printed by <i>I. Okes</i>, and are to be sold by <i>Francis Eglesfield</i> at his house in <i>Pauls</i> Church-yard at the signe of the Mary-gold. 1638.
paratext_dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" <i>to</i>: Kenelm Digby (<i>natural philosopher and courtier</i>); <i>from</i>: "Io. Kirke" [A2r]
paratext_charachter_list: "The Actors Names" [A4v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Feb 15, 1638: Entered to John Okes: "a Play called the Martyred Soldiour. [by <i>deleted</i>] w<sup>th</sup> the life & Death of Purser Clinton by H: Shirley". (Since the character Purser Clinton is not in this play, the second part of the entry may refer to another text; Purser and Clinton are characters in Thomas Heywood and William Rowley's <i>Fortune by Land and Sea</i>.)
stationer_additional_notes: On the dating, license, and company attribution of this play, see N. W. Bawcutt, <i>The Control and Censorship of Caroline Drama</i> (Clarendon, 1996), 143-44. <i>STC</i> lists the Marigold bookshop in an unknown location (B) in Paul’s Churchyard. But in <i>The Bookshops in Paul’s Cross Churchyard</i> (London: Bibliographical Society, 1990), Peter W. M. Blayney argues that the Marigold bookshop was probably formerly part of the Brazen Serpent and therefore located in A.3 of Paul’s Churchyard (21-22).
transcript_modern_spelling: The martyred soldier as it was sundry times acted with a general applause at the private house in Drury lane and at other public theaters By the queen's majesty's servants The author H. Shirley Gent London printed by J. Okes and are to be sold by Francis Eglesfield at his house in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Marigold 1638