title: Lingua, or The Combat of the Tongue and the Five Senses for Superiority
variant_description: There are two issues of this edition. The title page for Greg 239f(i) advertises "A pleasant Comœdy" and contains no performance attribution. In Greg 239f(ii), the original title leaf A1 was replaced by a single fold π<sup>2</sup>: its title page [π2r] advertises "A Serious COMOEDY" and performances at Trinity College, Cambridge, and at the Free School in Huntington (π1 is blank). See also Greg 
title_page_title: Lingua: OR The Combat of the TONGUE, AND THE Five S<small>ENSES</small> FOR SUPERIORITY. A Serious COMOEDY.
title_page_performance: First Acted at <i>Trinity</i> Colledge in <i>Cambridge:</i> After at the F<small>REE</small>-S<small>CHOOL</small> at HUNTINGTON.
title_page_imprint: <i>London</i>, Printed for <i>Simon Miller</i>, at the Starre in S<sup>t</sup> <i>Pauls</i> Church-yard. 1657.
paratext_charachter_list: "Drammatis Personæ" [A2r]
paratext_other_paratexts: Advertisement for books "Printed and sold by Simon Miller" (including four plays) [I6v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Feb 23, 1607: Entered to Simon Waterson: "A Co<i>m</i>medie called Lingua".<br />Aug 19, 1635: Transferred from Simon Waterson to John Waterson: "A Comedy called Lingua".<br />Feb 5, 1657: Transferred from the widow of John Waterson to Simon Miller: "the Booke or Copie called Lingua Or the Combat of the Tongue a Comedy."
transcript_modern_spelling: Lingua or the combat of the Tongue and the five senses for superiority a serious comedy first acted at Trinity College in Cambridge after at the free school at Huntingdon London printed for Simon Miller at the star in St. Paul's Churchyard 1657