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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.
755Lacie. I meant faire girle to make thee Lacies wife.
759A wife in name, but seruant in obedience.
766Bacon. Twere a long poinard my lord, to reach betweene
768Bungay. Well lord of Lincolne, if your loues be knit,
769And that your tongues and thoughts do both agree:
770To auoid insuing iarres, Ile hamper vp the match,
771Ile take my portace forth, and wed you heere,
773Lacie. Frier content, Peggie how like you this?
778The Frier readie with his portace there,
779To wed them both, then am I quite vndone,
780Bacon helpe now, if ere thy magicke serude,
781Helpe Bacon, stop the marriage now,
783And I will giue thee fourtie thousand crownes.
785For mumbling vp his orisons this day.
787Bungay is mute, crying Hud hud.
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