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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.
927With laughing at these mad and merrie wagges,
928Know that prince Edward is at Brazennose,
929And this attired like the prince of Wales,
930Is Raphe, king Henries only loued foole,
931I, earle of Essex, and this Ermsbie
932One of the priuie chamber to the king,
933Who while the prince with Frier Bacon staies,
934Haue reueld it in Oxford as you see.
935Mason. My lord pardon vs, we knew not what you were,
936But courtiers may make greater skapes than these,
937Wilt please your honour dine with me to day?
940prince of Wales.
942Raphe. And vpon that I will lead the way, onely I will haue
945Enter prince Edward with his poinard in his hand, Lacie
946 and Margret.
948Nor couer as did Cassius all his wiles,
949For Edward hath an eye that lookes as farre,
951Did not I sit in Oxford by the Frier,
954Did not prowd Bungay draw his portasse foorth,
955And ioyning hand in hand had married you,
956If Frier Bacon had not stroke him dumbe,
957And mounted him vpon a spirits backe,
958That we might chat at Oxford with the frier,
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