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"Nowe hye thee backe, thou little foot-page, And greet thy ladye from mee, And telle her that I her owne true love Will dye, or ...
"O ladye, wert thou in thy saddle sette, And a little space him fro, I would not care for thy cruel fathèr, Nor the worst that h ...
"Nowe loud thou lyest, Sir John the knight, Nowe thou doest lye of mee A knight mee gott, and a ladye me bore, Soe never did non ...
Fair Emmeline sighed, faire Emmeline wept, And did all tremblinge stand: At lengthe she sprang upon her knee, And held his lifte ...
XII. Edom O' Gordon. A SCOTTISH BALLAD. .................................................... This was printed at Glasgow, by Rob ...
The lady stude on her castle wa', Beheld baith dale and down: There she was ware of a host of men Cum ryding towards the toun. " ...
"But reach me hither my guid bend-bowe Mine arrows one by one For, but an I pierce that bluidy butcher, My babes we been undone. ...
Then wi' his spear he turnd hir owre, O gin[2] hir face was wan! He sayd, "ze are the first that eir I wisht alive again." He tu ...
And after the Gordon he is gane, Sa fast as he might drie. And soon i' the Gordon's foul hartis bluid He's wroken his dear ladìe ...
BOOK II..................................................................................................................... Ess ...
toke she him by the heare [hair]; and that seing his wyfe, came running hastely to smite the priestes leaman; and than the pries ...
descants on the excellence and power of the priesthood, somewhat after the manner of the Greek chorus. And indeed, except in the ...
But whether they derived their origin from the above exhibition or not, it is certain that Holy Plays, representing the miracles ...
"Item, to be payd... for rewards to Players for Playes playd at Christynmas by Stranegeres in my house after xxd.[17] every play ...
and Ballads; that no manner of person shall enterprize to print any such, &c." but under certain restrictions. Vid. Sect. V. ...
The writer, whose words are here quoted,[33] hath given a short description of the performance; which seems on that occasion to ...
Polonius inHamletcommends the actors, as the best in the world, "either for Tragedie, Comedie, Historie, Pastorall," &c. And ...
But while Shakspeare was the favourite dramatic poet, his Histories had such superior merit, that he might well claim to be the ...
The day originally set apart for theatrical exhibition appears to have been Sunday; probably because the first dramatic pieces w ...
This play has been reprinted by Mr. Hawkins in hisOrigin of the English Drama, 3 vols. 12mo. Oxford, 1773. See vol. i. p. 27. T ...
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