 A number of printers and publishers of Okes's era got into trouble with the strict censorship policies of the Stuart regime, resulting in fines and occasional imprisonment.Nathaniel Butter, Okes's publisher for "Lear," served time in jail for his professional activities.Okes was in difficulties throughout his career for printing works without official approval; when he printed George Wither's controversial "Satires" (1621) without registration, Okes ended up in jail himself.