Title page of the revised quarto edition of Troilus and Cressida (1609).

The original title suggested the play was printed "As it was acted by the King's Majesty's servants at the Globe." But a revised printing replaced this statement with the insert seen above, and a preface calling it "a new play, never staled with the stage, never clapper-clawed with the palms of the vulgar" nor "sullied by the smoky breath of the multitude." It was rarely performed until the twentieth century, except in Dryden's more positive version (1679) in which Cressida remains virtuous but kills herself when accused of betraying Troilus. See Gallery 10, Section 7, Sub-Album C,Page 4 for more data about Dryden and Shakespeare.