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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.
1480Margeret. How Fortune tempers lucky happes with frowns,
1481And wrongs me with the sweets of my delight,
1482Loue is my blisse, and loue is now my bale,
1483Shall I be Hellen in my froward fates,
1484As I am Hellen in my matchles hue
1486If louely Lacie were but with his Peggy,
1487The cloudie darckenesse of his bitter frowne
1489Before the term of ten dayes be expired,
1490When as they looke for aunswere of their loues,
1492And end their fancies, and their follies both,
1493Til when Peggie be blith and of good cheere.
1494Enter a post with a letter and
1495a bag of gold.
1498which footpath leadeth to the keepers lodge?
1499Margeret Your way is ready and this path is right,
1501And if the keeper be the man you seeke,
1502I am his daughter may I kuow the cause?
1503Post Louely and once beloued of my lord,
1504No meruaile if his eye was lodgd so low,
1505when brighter bewtie is not in the heauens,
1506The Lincolne earle hath sent you letters here,
1507And with them, iust an hundred pounds in gold,
1508Sweete bonny wench read them and make reply.
Marg.