title: The Old Couple
title_page_title: The Old Couple. A COMEDY.
title_page_author: By Thomas May, Esq;
title_page_imprint: <i>LONDON</i>, Printed by <i>J. Cottrel</i>, for <i>Samuel Speed</i>, at the signe of the Printing-press in <i>S. Paul</i>'s Church-yard. 1658.
paratext_charachter_list: "Actors Names" [A1v]
paratext_other_paratexts: "An advertisement of Books worth buying to be sold by S. Speed" [G1v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Jan 7, 1658: Entered to Samuel Speed: "a booke called The Old Couple a Comedy by Thomas May Esq<sup>r</sup>."
stationer_additional_notes: <i>Annals</i> dates Henry Herbert's license for the stage to 1636, but N. W. Bawcutt argues that it is actually from 1630 (<i>The Control and Censorship of Caroline Drama</i> [Clarendon, 1996], 169-70).
transcript_modern_spelling: The old couple a comedy by Thomas may Esq. London printed by J. Cottrell for Samuel Speed at the sign of the printing press in St. Paul's Churchyard 1658