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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.
960Lacie. Truth all my Lord and thus I make replie,
961At Harlstone faire there courting for your grace,
963And drewe the beautious glory of her looks,
964To diue into the center of my heart.
965Loue taught me that your honour did but iest,
966That princes were in fancie but as men,
968Was fitter to be Lacies wedded wife,
969Than concubine vnto the prince of Wales.
970Edward. Iniurious Lacie did I loue thee more
971Than Alexander his Hephestion,
972Did I vnfould the passion of my loue,
973And locke them in the closset of thy thoughts,
975Sole freind, and partner of his secreat loues,
976And could a glaunce of fading bewtie breake,
977The inchained fetters of such priuat freindes,
979To be coriuall with a prince in thoughts,
981To quite a traitor fore that Edward sleepe.
984And still woode for the courtier all in greene,
985But I whome fancy made but ouer fond,
986Pleaded my selfe with looks as if I lovd,
987I fed myne eye with gazing on his face,
988And still bewicht lovd Lacie with my looks,
989My hart with sighes, myne eyes pleaded with tears,
990My face held pittie and content at once,
992But that I lovd Lord Lacie with my heart,
993Then worthy Edward measure with thy minde,
994If womens fauours will not force men fall,
995If bewtie and if darts of persing loue,
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