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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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1895Enter Margret in Nuns apparrell, Keeper, her father,
1896and their friend.
1898Oh burie not such beautie in a cell:
1899That England hath held famous for the hue,
1900Thy fathers haire like to the siluer bloomes:
1902Shall fall before the dated time of death,
1903Thus to forgoe his louely Margret.
1904Margret. A father when the hermonie of heauen,
1907Seemes odious to the thoughts of Margret,
1908I loued once, lord Lacie was my loue,
1909And now I hate my selfe for that I lovd,
1910And doated more on him than on my God:
1913Tels me all loue is lust but loue of heauens:
1914That beautie vsde for loue is vanitie,
1915The world containes nought but alluring baites:
1917To shun the pricks of death I leaue the world,
1918And vow to meditate on heauenly blisse,
1919To liue in Framingham a holy Nunne,
1920Holy and pure in conscience and in deed:
1921And for to wish all maides to learne of me,
1922To seeke heauens ioy before earths vanitie.
1924leaue vs all.
1925Margret. Now farewell world the engin of all woe,
1926Farewell to friends and father, welcome Christ:
1927Adew to daintie robes, this base attire
1928Better befits an humble minde to God,
1929Than all the shew of rich abilliments,
1930Loue, oh Loue, and with fond Loue farewell,
1931Sweet Lacie whom I loued once so deere,
1932Euer be well, but neuer in my thoughts,
1934But euen to that as to the rest farewell.
1935Enter Lacie, Warrain, Ermsbie, booted and spurd.
1936Lacie. Come on my wags weere neere the keepers lodge,
1937Heere haue I oft walkt in the watrie Meades,
1938And chatted with my louely Margret.
1939VVarraine. Sirha Ned, is not this the keeper.
1941Ermsbie. The old lecher hath gotton holy mutton to him
1942a Nunne my lord.
1944How doth Peggie thy daughter and my loue.
1945Keeper. Ah good my lord, oh wo is me for Pegge,
1947Readie for to be shorne in Framingham:
1949Oh good my lord perswade her if you can.
1950Lacie. Why how now Margret, what a malecontent,
1951A Nunne, what holy father taught you this,
1953As die a maid, twere iniurie to me.
1956How fond the prime of wanton yeares were spent
1957In loue, Oh fie vppon that fond conceite,
1959I leaue both loue and loues content at once,
1960Betaking me to him that is true loue,
1961And leauing all the world for loue of him.
1963What shorne a Nun, and I haue from the court,
1966Thy wedding robes are in the tailors hands,
1967Come Peggy leaue these peremptorie vowes.
1969And make diuorce twixt Margret and him?
1971But will faire Margret leaue her loue and Lord?
1973And life aboue sweeter than life in loue,
1975Marg. Margret hath made a vow which may not be reuokt.
1979Either a solemne Nunnerie, or the court,
1980God, or Lord Lacie, weich contents you best,
1981To be a Nun, or els Lord Lacies wife.
1984That when he comes with his inchanting face,
1986Off goes the habite of a maidens heart,
1987And seeing Fortune will, faire Fremingham,
1988And all the shew of holy Nuns farewell,
1989Lacie for me, if he wilbe my lord.
1990Lacie. Peggie thy Lord, thy loue, thy husband,
1991Trust me, by truth of knighthood, that the King
1992Staies for to marry matchles Ellinour,
1993Vntil I bring thee richly to the court,
1994That one day may both marry her and thee,
1999study?
2001neare God, yet they loue to die in a mans armes.
2005Such as poore Keepers haue within their lodge.
2006Lacie. And not a bottle of wine?