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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 Bacon.
720Loue ought to creepe as doth the dials shade,
721For timely ripe is rotten too too soone.
723What youth of Beckles, with the keepers lasse,
724Tis well, but tell me heere you any newes.
725Margret. No, Frier what newes.
727With proclamations through ech country towne:
728Lacie. For what gentle frier tell the newes.
730Lacie the Earle of Lincolne is late fled
732And lurkes about the countrie heere vnknowne.
734And therefore doth proclaime in euery way,
735That who can take the Lincolne earle, shall haue
736Paid in the Exchequer twentie thousand crownes.
737Lacie. The earle of Lincoln, Frier thou art mad,
739The earle of Lincolne, why it cannot be.
740Margret. Yes verie well my lord, for you are he,
741The keepers daughter tooke you prisoner,
742Lord Lacie yeeld, Ile be your gailor once.
743Edward. How familiar they be Bacon.
748For why, these wrongs do wring me at the heart,
749Ah how these earles and noble men of birth,
750Flatter and faine to forge poore womens ill.
752I not denie, but tyred thus in rags
754Margret. What loue is there where wedding ends not loue?
Lacie.