title: The Doubtful Heir (Rosania, or Love's Victory)
title_page_title: THE DOUBTFUL HEIR. A Tragi-comedie,
title_page_author: WRITTEN By J<small>AMES</small> S<small>HIRLEY</small>.
title_page_performance: AS It was Acted at the private House IN <i>BLACK-FRIERS</i>,
title_page_imprint: <i>Never Printed before. LONDON</i>, Printed for <i>Humphrey Robinson</i> at the three Pigeons, and <i>Humphrey Moseley</I> at the Prince's Arms in St. <i>Paul's</i> Church-yard. 1652.
paratext_dedication: Epistle <i>to</i>: Edmund Bowyer; <i>from</i>: James Shirley [A3r]
  
paratext_charachter_list: "The Persons of the Play" [A3v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Sep 4(?), 1646: Entered to Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley: "these seu<i>er</i>al Tragedies & Comedies herevnder menc<i>i</i>oned (viz<sup>t</sup>.) [(Saluo iure cuiusumq<i>ue</i>) <i>deleted</i>] ... Doubtfull heire ... by M<sup>r</sup> Shirley".
stationer_additional_notes: Although bibliographically independent and although copies of the plays in the 1653 Shirley collection "sometimes occur singly," Greg writes that there is "no evidence" this edition was "ever issued separately" (<i>Bibliography</i>, 3:1123).
transcript_modern_spelling: The doubtful heir a tragicomedy as it was acted at the private house in blackfriars written by James Shirley never printed before London printed for Humphrey Robinson at the three pigeons and Humphrey Moseley at the prince's arms in St. Paul's Churchyard 1652