Quote from an epilogue to Measure for measure

Folger bibliographic ID: 231465
Folger call number: Y.d.1085
Folger holdings ID: 280445

Ten line speech given by the Duke beginning "For thee sweet saint if for a brother sav'd." Epilogue appended to several nineteenth-century acting editions, including that of Oxberry, Kemble, and Cumberland. Written on the back of a fragment of an address leaf addressed to Mrs. Siddons, Westbourne Farm, Paddington. Date based on watermark

General notes

Removed from p. 379 in The works of Shakespear: adorned with sculptures, second ed., vol. 1, Oxford: 1770-1771 (Folger copy PR2752 1771c copy 4 Sh.Col.)

Extended title: Quote from an epilogue to Measure for measure ca. 1811

associated with: Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831