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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.
1782To sit as melancholie in his cell,
1783As if he had neither lost nor wonne to day.
1786The fame of Bacon bruted through the world,
1788Bungay. Bacon hath built foundation on his fame,
1789So surely on the wings of true report,
1791As this cannot infringe what he deserues.
1795But what and wherein little can I gesse.
1797Enter two schollers, sonnes to Lambert and Serlby.
1798Knocke.
1801Bac. Bid thẽ come in, Now my youths what would you haue.
1804Their lands adioyne, in Crackfield mine doth dwell,
1805And his in Laxfield, we are colledge mates,
1806Sworne brothers as our fathers liues as friendes.
1807Bacon. To what end is all this.
1811We come to know how that our fathers fare.
1814How or in what state your friendly father liues,
1815Meane while tell me your names.
1816Lambert. Mine Lambert.
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