title: The Works
variant_description: There are two issues of this collection. In STC 14751, the imprint on the engraved title page lists Stansby as printer and exists in two states that vary in spelling. In the other issue, STC 14752, the imprint lists Stansby as printer and Meighen as bookseller. See also STC 
title_page_title: [engraved title page; ¶2r] THE WORKES
title_page_author: [engraved title page] OF <i>Beniamin Jonson</i>[.]
title-page_latin_motto: [engraved title page; in single column] —— <i>neque, me vt miretur turba, | laboro: | Contentus paucis lectoribus</i>.
title_page_imprint: [engraved title page] <i>Jmprinted at London by Wiłł Stansby Anº D. 1616.</i> [<i>var</i>.: "LONDON <i>Printed by William Stansby</i>."]
paratext_other_paratexts: "The Catalogue" of contents (with dedicatees) [¶3r]
stationer_entries_in_register: Jan 20, 1615: Entered to William Stansby: "Certayne Masques at the Court never yet printed written by Ben Iohnson."<br />Mar 4, 1639: Transferred by deed of sale of William Stansby decd. and consent of his widow to Richard Bishop: "saluo Iure cuiuscunq<i>ue</i> ... M<sup>r</sup> Ben: Iohnsons workes. his part."
transcript_modern_spelling: The works of Benjamin jonson neque me ut miretur turba laboro contentus paucis lectoribus London printed by william Stansby  anno d. 1616