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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.
1372And for thy cates rich Alexandria drugges,
1375Shall royallize the table of my king,
1376Wines richer than the Gyptian courtisan,
1377Quaft to Augustus kingly countermatch,
1380Persia downe her volga by Canows,
1382The Africke Dates mirabiles of Spaine,
1383Conserues, and Suckets from Tiberias,
1384Cates from Iudea choiser than the lampe
1386Shall bewtifie the board for Fredericke,
1387And therfore grudge not at a friers feast.
1388Enter two gentlemen, Lambert, and Serlby
1389with the keeper.
1390Lambert. Come frolicke keeper of our lieges game,
1392And Iacks of wines to welcome passengers,
1393Know I am in loue with iolly Margret,
1396In Laxfield heere my land and liuing lies,
1397Ile make thy daughter ioynter of it all,
1398So thou consent to giue her to my wife,
1401By coppie all thy liuing lies in me.
1403I will infeofe faire Margret in all,
Keeper.
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