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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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2074Enter the Emperour with a pointles sword, next the King of
2075 Castile, carrying a sword with a point, Lacie carying the
2076 globe Ed. Warr. carrying a rod of gold with a doue on it,
2077 Ermsby with a crowne and Scepter, The queene with the
2078 faire maide of Frisingfield on her left hand, Henry, Bacon
2079 with other Lords attending.
2081Thinke that prince Edward humbles at your feet,
2083He vowes perpetuall homage to your selues,
2084Yeelding these honours vnto Ellinour.
2085Henrie. Gramercies Lordlings, old Plantagenet,
2086That rules and swayes the Albion diademe,
2088And vowes requitall, if his men at armes,
2089The wealth of England, or due honours done
2090To Ellinour, may quite his fauorites.
2091But all this while what say you to the Dames,
2095That gloried Ida with rich beauties wealth.
2096Margret. Tis I my lords who humbly on my knee,
2099Brought from her homely cottage to the court,
2100And graste with Kings Princes and Emperours,
2101To whom (next to the noble Lincolne Earle)
2102I vowe obedience, and such humble loue,
2103As may a handmaid to such mightie men.
2104Ellinour. Thou martiall man that wears the Almaine crowne,
2105And you the westerne Potentates of might,
2108Faire Margret, Countesse to the Lincolne Earle,
2109Attendes on Ellinour, gramercies Lord for her,
2110Tis I giue thanks for Margret to you all,
2113Lets martch in triumph to the royall feast,
2115Bacon. Repentant for the follies of my youth,
2117And ioyfull that this roiall marriage,
2120Or what shall grow from Edward and his Queene.
2122Which once I tempred in my secreat cell,
2123That here where Brute did build his Troynouant,
2124From forth the royall garden of a King,
2127And ouer-shadow Albion with her leaues.
2131Drums shallbe turnd to timbrells of delight,
2132With wealthy fauours, plentie shall enrich,
2137And Venus hyacinth shall vaile her top,
2143But glorious commaunders of Europas loue,
2144That makes faire England like that wealthy Ile,
2146In royallising Henries Albion,
2147With presence of your princelie mightines,
2148Lets march, the tables all are spread,
2151You shall haue welcome mighty potentates,
2153Only your hearts be frolick for the time,
2156Finis Frier Bacon, made by Robert Greene,
2157Maister of Arts.
Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit vtile dulci.