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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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354Enter Margaret the faire mayd of Fresingfield, with Thomas
355 and Ione, and other clownes: Lacie disguised in countrie
356 apparell.
357Thomas. By my troth Margret heeres a wether is able to
360beare no price.
362Count not to make a cope for dearth of hay,
363When we haue turnd our butter to the salt,
368And looke that yong-men should be francke this day,
369And court vs with such fairings as they can.
370Phaebus is blythe and frolicke lookes from heauen,
371As when he courted louely Semele:
372Swearing the pedlers shall haue emptie packs,
373If that faire wether may make chapmen buy.
374Lacie. But louely Peggie Semele is dead,
375And therefore Phaebus from his pallace pries,
377Shewes all his glories for to court your selfe.
384I warrant you the meanest of vs both,
385Shall haue a mate to leade vs from the Church:
386But Thomas whats the newes? what in a dumpe.
387Giue me your hand, we are neere a pedlers shop,
391All this while Lacie whispers Margret in the eare.
394Lacie. Faith louely girle, I am of Beckles by,
395Your neighbour not aboue six miles from hence,
399From him that reueld in your fathers house,
402His token, that he helpt you run your cheese,
405Lacie. Women are often weake in memorie.
407Twere little manners to refuse his gift,
408And yet I hope he sends it not for loue:
409For we haue little leisure to debate of that.
411loues.
413angrie.
415man Cob, my father bought a horse of him, Ile tell you Marget,
416a were good to be a gentlemans iade, for of all things the foule
417hilding could not abide a doongcart.
420His words are wittie, quickened with a smile,
422Facill and debonaire in all his deeds,
423Proportiond as was Paris, when in gray,
424He courted Aenon in the vale by Troy.
425Great lords haue come and pleaded for my loue,
427And yet me thinks this Farmers iolly sonne,
432Keepe that to thee till time doth serue thy turne,
433To shew the greefe wherein thy heart doth burne.
434Come Ione and Thomas, shall we to the faire,
435You Beckls man will not forsake vs now,
438Make but a step into the keepers lodge,
442Lacie. Gramarcies Peggie, looke for me eare long.
443Exeunt omnes.