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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.
1339Enter Miles with a messe of pottage and broth,
1340and after him Bacon.
1342twopeny chop before in my life: by your leaue, Nobile decus, for
1344messe of pottage.
1345Bacon. Lordings admire not if your cheere be this,
1346For we must keepe our Accademicke fare,
1347No riot where Philosophie doth raine,
1348And therefore Henrie place these Potentates,
1349And bid them fall vnto their frugall cates.
1355Tell me, and Fredericke will not greeue the long.
1356Henrie. By Henries honour and the royall faith
1357The English monarcke beareth to his friend:
1358I knew not of the friers feeble fare,
1359Nor am I pleasd he entertaines you thus.
1363Miles take away, and let it be thy dinner.
1366Bacon. I tell thee Monarch, all the Germane Peeres
1369As Bacon will present to Fredericke,
1371Shall be in honours greater than thy selfe:
And