title: Nero
variant_description: The preliminaries exist in two states. Greg L5a(i) contains the original title leaf [¶1r] and a dedication addressed to Thomas Egerton (1st Viscount Brackley) and Francis Leigh [¶2r]. In Greg L5a(ii), the original sheet ¶<sup>4</sup> was replaced by cancel sheet <sup>π</sup>A<sup>4</sup>, containing a new title leaf [<sup>π</sup>A1r] and a dedication to King James [<sup>π</sup>A2r]. The two title pages differ slightly in formatting. See also Greg 
title_page_title: NERO TRAGÆDIA <I>NOVA;</I>
title_page_author: M<small>ATTHÆO</small> G<small>WINNE</small> Med. Doct. <i>Collegij Diui Joannis Præcursoris</i> apud Oxonienses Socio <i>collecta</i> è Tacito, Suetonio, Dione, Seneca.
title-page_latin_motto: <i>Tam fœlix vtinã, quàm pectore candidus essem</i>. Ouid. Pont. l.4.el.14.43.
title_page_imprint: Impress: Londini: impensis Ed. Blounte. 1603.
paratext_dedication: Epistle <i>to</i>: James VI and I, King; <i>from</i>: Matthew Gwinne [¶2r]. Verses <i>to</i>: Justus Lipsius; <i>from</i>: John Sandsbury [A1r].
paratext_charachter_list: "Actorum nomina" [A1v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Feb 23, 1603: Entered to Edward Blount: "A booke called. Nero Tragedia nova Matheo Gwyn medec' D<i>o</i>c<i>t</i>ore Colegij divi Iohn<i>n</i>is precursoris apud Oxonienses socio Collecta".<br />Sep 4, 1626: Transferred from John Budge to Robert Allott: "The Tragedye of Nero."<br />Jul 1, 1637: Transferred from widow of Robert Allott to John Legat (2) and Andrew Crooke (1): "saluo Iure cuiuscunq<i>ue</i> ... Tragedy Næro latyn."
transcript_modern_spelling: Nero tragaedia nova matthaeo gwinne med doct collegii divi ioannis praecursoris apud oxonienses socio collecta e tacito suetonio dione Seneca tam foelix utinam quam pectore candidus essem ovid pont. L.4.el.14.43. impress. Londini impensis ed blounte 1603