Rule a wife, and have a wife
Subtitle: a comedy, as it is acted at the New Theatre, in Little Lincolns Inn-fields by His Majesty's Servants
Contributors: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616; Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: printed for Sam. Briscoe, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden; and sold by Richard Wellington, at the Lute in S. Paul's Church-yard
Published: 1697
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Other titles: Novelas ejemplares.; Early English Playbooks, 1594-1799 (Boston Public Library); Shakespeare Collection (Collection of Distinction)
Notes: Anonymous. By John Fletcher. Sometimes attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher in collaboration.

In verse.

The minor plot is from "El casamiento enganoso", one of the "Novelas ejemplares" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

At foot of title: The country wake: a comedy, written by Mr. Tho. Doggett. Acted at the New-Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-fields.

Signatures: A℗ø B-H́þ.

Greg, II, 598 (c)

English short title catalogue, R18001

Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, II: 598 (c)

Catalogue of the Barton collection, Boston Public Library (1888 edition), Misc., p. 43

Cataloged 20171109 gangulo

condition reviewed 20171114 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy inscribed "5288" on lower left corner of front wrapper.

Boston Public Library (Rare books Department) copy G.3966.13 no.3 is the third of nine items bound together into a single volume titled "Beaumont & Fletcher, plays." See bibliographic record G.3966.13 no.1 for full contents. Each item cataloged separately.