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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.
1177But Lucifer and his proud hearted fiends,
1178Were throwne into the center of the earth,
1182For Iuglers, Witches, and vild sorcerers,
1183Whereas the Piromanticke gemij,
1184Are mightie, swift, and of farre reaching power,
1185But graunt that Geomancie hath most force,
1188Bungay. I will.
1191Vandermast. What wilt thou doe.
1193Wheron the fearefull dragon held his seate,
1194That watcht the garden cald Hesperides,
1195Subdued and wonne by conquering Hercules.
1196Vandermast. Well done.
1197Heere Bungay coniures and the tree appeares with
1198the dragon shooting fire.
1200Hath he not done a point of cunning skill.
1202Can doe as much as Bungay hath performd,
1204So will I raise him vp as when he liued,
1206And teare the branches peecemeale from the roote,
1207Hercules Prodie, Prodi Hercules.
Hercules