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- Edition: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (Quarto)
- Introduction
- Texts of this edition
- Contextual materials
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- The Famous History of Friar Bacon
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- Inventions or Devices Very Necessary for all Generals and Captains or Leaders of Men
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- A Book of Magic, with Instructions for Invoking Spirits
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- A Geometrical Practice named Pantometria
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- Autobiographical Tracts of Dr. John Dee
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- The Vanity of the Eye
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- The Comical History of Alphonsus King of Aragon
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The honourable historie of Frier Bacou.
238Carued out like to the portall of the sunne,
240From Douer to the market place of Rie.
245companions as any be in hell.
246Mason. No doubt but magicke may doe much in this,
247For he that reades but Mathematicke rules,
250Burden. But Bacon roues a bow beyond his reach,
251And tels of more than magicke can performe:
252Thinking to get a fame by fooleries,
254And red of many secrets, yet to thinke,
255That heads of Brasse can vtter any voice,
256Or more, to tell of deepe philosophie,
262Burden. I will aske what thou can.
265worthie.
267vpon the Thembs?
268Burden. I was, what then?
270Burden. I, none at all I red not there a line.
273touch you?
Burden