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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.
1239Bacon. Men call me Bacon.
1242Betweene the circled arches of thy browes.
1243Henrie. Now Monarcks hath the Germain found his match.
1248For yet tell me, what hast thou done?
1250That Bongay mounted by his magicke spels.
1251Bacon. Set Hercules to worke.
1252Vander. Now Hercules, I charge thee to thy taske,
1253Pull off the golden branches from the roote.
1256Vandermast. By all the thrones and dominations,
1257Vertues, powers and mightie Herarchies,
1258I charge thee to obey to Vandermast.
1260And rules Asmenoth guider of the North:
1261Bindes me from yeelding vnto Vandermast.
1264That men held deuils in such obediant awe,
1265Bacon doth more than art or els I faile.
1267Bacon dispute with him, and trie his skill:
1270I come to haue your royalties to dine
1271With Frier Bacon heere in Brazennose,
1272And for this Germane troubles but the place
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