title: Love's Mistress, or The Queen's Masque (Cupid and Psyche, or Cupid's Mistress)
variant_description: The are two settings of the outer form of sheet B, one of which exists in two states. Greg 504a(*) contains "Loues" in the HT and an inverted initial "H" on B1r. In some copies, B1r is mis-signed "A" and the RT reads "Loues" on B2v and B4v; in other copies, the signature was changed to "B" and the RT to "Loves." Greg 504a(†) contains "Loves" in the HT on B1r, and the initial "H" is the right way up. See also Greg 
title_page_title: Loves Maistresse: OR, The Queens  Masque.
title_page_author: Written by T<small>HOMAS</small> H<small>EYWOOD</small>.
title_page_performance: As it was three times presented before their  two Excellent M<small>AIESTIES</small>, within  the space of eight dayes; In the presence of sundry Forraigne A<small>MBASSADORS</small>. <i>Publikely Acted by the</i> Q<small>UEENS</small> Comœdians, <i>At the</i> Phœnix <i>in</i> Drury-lane.
title-page_latin_motto: <i>Aut prodesse solent, aut delectare</i>.———
title_page_imprint: <i>LONDON</i>, Printed by <i>Robert Raworth</i>, for <i>Iohn Crowch</i>; and are to bee sold  by <i>Iasper Emery</i>, at the signe of the <i>Eagle</i> and <i>Child</i>, In <i>Pauls  Church-yard</i>. 1636.
paratext_dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" <i>to</i>: Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset; <i>from</i>: Thomas Heywood [A1r]
paratext_charachter_list: "Drammatis Personæ" [A4v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Sep 30, 1635: Entered to John Crouch: "a play called The Queenes Maske or Loues Mistresse by m<sup>r</sup> Haywood".
transcript_modern_spelling: Love's mistress or the queen's masque as it was three times presented before their two excellent majesties within the space of eight days in the presence of sundry foreign Ambassadors publicly acted by the Queen's comedians at the Phoenix in Drury Lane written by Thomas Heywood aut prodesse solent aut delectare London printed by Robert Raworth for John Crouch and are to be sold by Jasper Emery at the sign of the Eagle and child in Paul's Churchyard 1636