In my quest for a copy for the Revenger's Tragedy, I managed to find only the oldest copy owned by the Amherst College library system deep down in the lowest floor of the library. It was published in 1878 and has stiff, yellowed pages that were apparently last perused in the 70s.
Reading it is more entertaining than even Middleton might have anticipated, because I have to sound out all the words in order to understand what they're saying. For instance:
"Within the spend-thrift veynes of a drye Duke, A parcht and juicelesse luxur. O God! One that has scarce bloud inough to liue upon--and hee to ryot it like a sonne and heyre?"
Oh, the boon to the English-speaking world that is standardized English!
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