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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.
1443Be kindled but by fancies motion,
1444Then pardon gentils, if a maids reply
1445Be doubtful, while I haue debated with my selfe,
1452And fortie kine with faire and burnisht heads,
1453With strouting duggs that paggle to the ground,
1454Shall serue thy dary if thou wed with me.
1456And lands that waue with Ceres golden sheues
1458But peggie if thou wed thy selfe to me,
1460Lawnes and rich networks for thy head attyre
1462If thou wilt be but Lamberts louing wife.
1463Margret Content you gentles you haue profered faire,
1464And more than fits a countrie maids degree,
1465But giue me leaue to counsaile me a time,
1467Giue me but ten dayes respite and I will replye,
1469Serslby. Lambert I tell thee thou art importunate,
1471It is for Serlsby to haue Margret.
1473Serlsby, I scorne to brooke thy country braues
1474I dare thee Coward to maintaine this wrong,
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