MS in Bodleian,
Rawlinson
Poet.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v06
An undated ed.
also published in Dublin.
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The 2nd ed. , enlarged, 12mo. , 1640, includes the 1640 edition of The
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personâ snå sic insignitum; Anno Dom: 1570. Mense Januar: 23. die,
Monumentum Mercuriale D. D. Thomae Greshami Militis et Negotiatoris
Regii; qui suis solius sumptibus e solo erexit, dicavitque tam Mercatori
quam Mercurio. MS in Bodleian, Tanner 207. (The name of the author
is on the last leaf. )
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 281-5.
THOMAS RILEY (? ).
Cornelianum Dolium. Comedia lepidissima optimorum judiciis approbata,
et theatrali coryphæo, nec immerito, donata, palma chorali apprime digna
Auctore T. R. 1638.
Assigned by Hazlitt, C. W. , to Thomas Riley of Trinity college, Cam-
bridge; possibly by Thomas Randolph.
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The European Magazine, vol. XXXVII, pp. 343–4 and 439.
GEORGE RUGGLE.
Ignoramus. Comedia coram Regia Magistate Jacobi Regis Angliæ &
Londoni. Impensis J. S. 1630.
. . . Secunda editio auctior & emendatior. Una cum Argumentis unicuique
Scenæ præpositis, ut melius totius fabulæ scopus, qui aliter obscurior
est, intelligatur. . . Sumptibus G. E. & J. S. 1630.
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demicos Cantabrigienses habita. Editio Tertia, locis sexcentis emendatior.
Cum Eorum supplemento quæ, causidicorum municipalium reverentia,
hactenus desiderabantur. Autore Mr Ruggle, Aulæ Clarensis A. M.
Later eds. in 1659, 1668, 1707, 1731, 1736 (at Dublin), 1737.
MSS in Bodleian, Tanner 306; Brit. Mus. , Harl. 6869 (imperfect), and
7042, f. 245 (cast only); and reference to MS, possibly Mr Ruggle's copy'
formerly at Clare Hall.
6
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Ignoramus. . . . Nunc denuo in lucem edita cum notis historicis et criticis, quibus
insuper praeponitur vita auctoris et subjicitur glossarum vocabula forensia
dilucide exponens accurate. Johanne Sidneio Hawkins Arm. 1787.
Abbreviatus. Comedia in schola Mercatorum Scissorum Habita, Anno
MDCCLXIII.
English versions :
Ignoramus: A Comedy As it was several times Acted with extraordinary
Applause, before the Magisty of King James With a Supplement which
(out of respect to the Students of the Common Law) was hitherto wanting.
Written in Latine by R. Ruggles sometimes Master of Arts in Clare
Colledge in Cambridge. And Translated into English by R. C[odrington]
sometimes Master of Arts in Magdalen Colledge in Oxford. 1662.
The English Lawyer, a Comedy, acted at the Royal Theatre; written by
Edward Ravenscroft, Gent. 1678.
An English Prologue and Epilogue to the Latin Comedy of Ignoramus.
With a Preface and Notes Relative to Modern Times and Manners. By
George Dyer, Late of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. 1797. (Written
for the performance of the play at Westminster school in 1794. )
Della Porta, G. B. La Trappolaria. 1596.
Cowell, John. The Interpreter. 1607.
Mullinger, J. B. The University of Cambridge, vol. II, pp. 529-540.
(Contains an analysis of the plot of the play. )
John SADLER.
Masquerade du Ciel. Presented to the great Queen of the little world:
a Celestial Map of the heavenly bodies the years 1639, 1640 by J. S. of
Emmanuel college, Cambridge.
GEORGE SALTERNE.
Tomumbeius sive Saltanici in Aegypto Inperii Eversio. Tragoedia nova
auctore Georgio Salterno Bristoënsi. Bodleian MSS, Rawlinson Poet. 75.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 247-9.
JOSEPH SIMEON.
Fratrum Concordia Sæva seu Zeno. Rome, 1648.
Leo Armenus sive Impietas Punita. (Included with Zeno in Simonis, J. ,
Tragediæ quinque quarum duæ prostremæ nunc primum lucem vident,
Liège, 1657. ) Later eds. in 1680 and 1697.
MSS of both plays in Univ. Lib. Cam. , Ii. vi. 35, and of Zeno in Brit.
Mus. , Harl. 5024.
[Simeon, 1594–1671, was Provincial of the Jesuits, and lived chiefly
in Rome and Liège. Zeno, according to the Retrospective Review, vol.
XII, 5, was acted at Cambridge in 1631. ]
Ladit in Humanis Divina Potentia Rebus sive Leo Armenus: Tragoedia.
MS in Univ. Lib. Cam. , Ii. vi. 35.
THOMAS SNELLING.
Thibaldus sive Vindictae Ingenium Tragoedia. Oxoniae. Anno Dom. 1640.
Reissued later as Pharamus sive Libido Vindex. Hispanica tragoedia.
Londini, 1650.
Bolte, J. Die Oxforder Tragödie Thibaldus. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XXVII, pp. 228-9.
Madan, F. The Early Oxford Press. p. 223. 1895.
Wood, Anthony à. Athenae Oxonienses. Ed. Bliss, P. Vol. 111, p. 275.
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1629/30, and graduated B. A. in 1632/3. See Smith, G. C. Moore, Notes
on some English University Plays in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. 111, no. 2, p. 155. )
WILLIAM STEVENSON (? ).
(On the attribution of Gammer Gurtons Nedle to Stevenson see text. )
A Ryght Pithy, Pleasannt an(d) merie Comedie: Intytuled Gammer gurtons
Nedle: Played on Stage, not longe ago in Christes Colledge in Cambridge.
Made by Mr. S. Mr. of Art. Thomas Colwell. 1575.
Facsimile in Tudor Facsimile Texts (1909). Rptd by Johnson, T, in
1661, with imprint 'Played on the stage near a hundred years ago in
Christs-Colledge in Cambridge'; in Origin of E. D. vol. 1; Dodsley
(1744), vol. 1 (mod. s. ); in Reed's Dodsley, vol. 11, in Collier's Dodsley,
vol. 11, and in Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. 11; in Ancient B. D. vol 1 (mod. 8. );
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The Floating Island: A Tragi-Comedy, Acted before his Majesty at Oxford,
Aug. 29. 1636. By the Students of Christ-Church. Written by William
Strode, late Orator of the University of Oxford, the Aires and Songs set
by M' Henry Lawes, servant to his late Majesty in his publick and private
Musick. 1655.
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1907.
6
EDMUND STUB.
Fraus Honesta. Comoedia Cantabrigiæ olim acta, authore Magistro Stubbe,
Collegii Trinitatis Socio. 1632.
MS in Trin. coll. Cam. , R. 17. 10, ' Acta erat haec Comedia decimo die
Febr. A. D. 1618'; also R. 17. 9.
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apparently in a different hand, 'Scæna est Florentiæ decimo die Februarii,
1616.
Smith, G. C. Moore. Notes on some English University Plays. Mod.
Lang. Rev. vol. III, no. 2.
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THOMAS TOMKIS.
Albumazar. A Comedy presented before the Kings Majestie at Cambridge,
the ninth of March, 1614. By the Gentlemen of Trinitie Colledge. 1615.
Another ed. in the same year, with same title-page. Two eds. in 1634
Newly revised and corrected by a speciall Hand.
A Comedy, As it is now Acted at His Highness the Duke of Yorks
Theatre. 1668. [Contains a prologue by Dryden, who erroneously states
that the play was the source of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist. ]
Source: Della Porta, G. B. L'Astrologo. 1606.
Rptd in Ancient B. D. vol. 1 (mod. 8. ), and in Hazlitt's Dodsley,
vol. Xi (mod. s. ).
Albumazar, a Comedy. Notes and Queries, Ser. III, vol. ix, pp. 178-9,
259-260, 302, and vol. XII, p. 270.
Lingua: Or the Combat of the Tongue, and the five Senses. For Superiority.
A pleasant Comoedie. 1607.
Later eds. in 1617, 1622, 1632, 1657 and n. d. Bptd in Reed's Dodsley,
vol. v, in Collier's Dodsley, vol. v, and in Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. ix
(mod. s. ).
Boas, F. 8. Macbeth and Lingua. Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. iv, no. 4.
1909.
Fleay, F. G. Shakespeariana. March, 1885.
Furnivall, F. J. Sir John Harington's Shakespeare Quartos. Notes
and Queries, Ser. 7, vol. IX, pp. 382-3. (Gives an account of a list of
volumes and single copies of plays belonging to Harington from
Brit. Mus. Add. MSS, 27632. On f. 30 Harington mentions The
combat of Lingua made by Thom. Tomkis of Trinity Colledge in
Cambridge. ' See also same series, vol. x, pp. 112-113. )
Lingua. Retrospective Review, vol. 11, pp. 270 ff.
Smith, G. C. Moore.
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Randolph, Master of Arts, and Fellow of the House. Cambridge. 1632.
Later eds. in 1634 and 1640.
Poems with the Muses Looking-Glasse: and Amyntas. By Thomas Randolph
Master of Arts, and late Fellow of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge. 4to.
1638.
This volume was edited by Randolph, Robert, the poet's brother.
The 2nd ed. , enlarged, 12mo. , 1640, includes the 1640 edition of The
Jealous Lovers. Aristippus, to which the Pedler is added, does not
appear till the 4th ed. The 5th ed. was reached by 1664.
The Muse's Looking Glass was reprinted in the earlier three eds. of
Dodsley, in vols. VI, IX, ix, respectively; and in Ancient B. D. vol. 11.
For a full discussion of Amyntas see Greg's Pastoral Poetry and
Pastoral Drama, 1906.
Poetical and Dramatic Works. Collected and edited by Hazlitt, W. C.
2 vols. 1875.
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Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie. 1909.
J. RICKETS.
Byrsa Basilica seu Regale Excambium à Sereniss. Regina Elizabetha in
personâ snå sic insignitum; Anno Dom: 1570. Mense Januar: 23. die,
Monumentum Mercuriale D. D. Thomae Greshami Militis et Negotiatoris
Regii; qui suis solius sumptibus e solo erexit, dicavitque tam Mercatori
quam Mercurio. MS in Bodleian, Tanner 207. (The name of the author
is on the last leaf. )
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 281-5.
THOMAS RILEY (? ).
Cornelianum Dolium. Comedia lepidissima optimorum judiciis approbata,
et theatrali coryphæo, nec immerito, donata, palma chorali apprime digna
Auctore T. R. 1638.
Assigned by Hazlitt, C. W. , to Thomas Riley of Trinity college, Cam-
bridge; possibly by Thomas Randolph.
Source: Boccaccio, G. : Decameron, 2nd Story of Seventh Day.
The European Magazine, vol. XXXVII, pp. 343–4 and 439.
GEORGE RUGGLE.
Ignoramus. Comedia coram Regia Magistate Jacobi Regis Angliæ &
Londoni. Impensis J. S. 1630.
. . . Secunda editio auctior & emendatior. Una cum Argumentis unicuique
Scenæ præpositis, ut melius totius fabulæ scopus, qui aliter obscurior
est, intelligatur. . . Sumptibus G. E. & J. S. 1630.
Comedia coram Rege Jacobo et Totius Angliæ Magnatibus per Aca-
demicos Cantabrigienses habita. Editio Tertia, locis sexcentis emendatior.
Cum Eorum supplemento quæ, causidicorum municipalium reverentia,
hactenus desiderabantur. Autore Mr Ruggle, Aulæ Clarensis A. M.
Later eds. in 1659, 1668, 1707, 1731, 1736 (at Dublin), 1737.
MSS in Bodleian, Tanner 306; Brit. Mus. , Harl. 6869 (imperfect), and
7042, f. 245 (cast only); and reference to MS, possibly Mr Ruggle's copy'
formerly at Clare Hall.
6
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477
Ignoramus. . . . Nunc denuo in lucem edita cum notis historicis et criticis, quibus
insuper praeponitur vita auctoris et subjicitur glossarum vocabula forensia
dilucide exponens accurate. Johanne Sidneio Hawkins Arm. 1787.
Abbreviatus. Comedia in schola Mercatorum Scissorum Habita, Anno
MDCCLXIII.
English versions :
Ignoramus: A Comedy As it was several times Acted with extraordinary
Applause, before the Magisty of King James With a Supplement which
(out of respect to the Students of the Common Law) was hitherto wanting.
Written in Latine by R. Ruggles sometimes Master of Arts in Clare
Colledge in Cambridge. And Translated into English by R. C[odrington]
sometimes Master of Arts in Magdalen Colledge in Oxford. 1662.
The English Lawyer, a Comedy, acted at the Royal Theatre; written by
Edward Ravenscroft, Gent. 1678.
An English Prologue and Epilogue to the Latin Comedy of Ignoramus.
With a Preface and Notes Relative to Modern Times and Manners. By
George Dyer, Late of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. 1797. (Written
for the performance of the play at Westminster school in 1794. )
Della Porta, G. B. La Trappolaria. 1596.
Cowell, John. The Interpreter. 1607.
Mullinger, J. B. The University of Cambridge, vol. II, pp. 529-540.
(Contains an analysis of the plot of the play. )
John SADLER.
Masquerade du Ciel. Presented to the great Queen of the little world:
a Celestial Map of the heavenly bodies the years 1639, 1640 by J. S. of
Emmanuel college, Cambridge.
GEORGE SALTERNE.
Tomumbeius sive Saltanici in Aegypto Inperii Eversio. Tragoedia nova
auctore Georgio Salterno Bristoënsi. Bodleian MSS, Rawlinson Poet. 75.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 247-9.
JOSEPH SIMEON.
Fratrum Concordia Sæva seu Zeno. Rome, 1648.
Leo Armenus sive Impietas Punita. (Included with Zeno in Simonis, J. ,
Tragediæ quinque quarum duæ prostremæ nunc primum lucem vident,
Liège, 1657. ) Later eds. in 1680 and 1697.
MSS of both plays in Univ. Lib. Cam. , Ii. vi. 35, and of Zeno in Brit.
Mus. , Harl. 5024.
[Simeon, 1594–1671, was Provincial of the Jesuits, and lived chiefly
in Rome and Liège. Zeno, according to the Retrospective Review, vol.
XII, 5, was acted at Cambridge in 1631. ]
Ladit in Humanis Divina Potentia Rebus sive Leo Armenus: Tragoedia.
MS in Univ. Lib. Cam. , Ii. vi. 35.
THOMAS SNELLING.
Thibaldus sive Vindictae Ingenium Tragoedia. Oxoniae. Anno Dom. 1640.
Reissued later as Pharamus sive Libido Vindex. Hispanica tragoedia.
Londini, 1650.
Bolte, J. Die Oxforder Tragödie Thibaldus. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XXVII, pp. 228-9.
Madan, F. The Early Oxford Press. p. 223. 1895.
Wood, Anthony à. Athenae Oxonienses. Ed. Bliss, P. Vol. 111, p. 275.
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Confessor.
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(Thomas Sparrowe, who dedicates the play to an unnamed Bishop,
matriculated as a pensioner of St John's college, Cambridge, on 22 March
1629/30, and graduated B. A. in 1632/3. See Smith, G. C. Moore, Notes
on some English University Plays in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. 111, no. 2, p. 155. )
WILLIAM STEVENSON (? ).
(On the attribution of Gammer Gurtons Nedle to Stevenson see text. )
A Ryght Pithy, Pleasannt an(d) merie Comedie: Intytuled Gammer gurtons
Nedle: Played on Stage, not longe ago in Christes Colledge in Cambridge.
Made by Mr. S. Mr. of Art. Thomas Colwell. 1575.
Facsimile in Tudor Facsimile Texts (1909). Rptd by Johnson, T, in
1661, with imprint 'Played on the stage near a hundred years ago in
Christs-Colledge in Cambridge'; in Origin of E. D. vol. 1; Dodsley
(1744), vol. 1 (mod. s. ); in Reed's Dodsley, vol. 11, in Collier's Dodsley,
vol. 11, and in Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. 11; in Ancient B. D. vol 1 (mod. 8. );
in Old E. D. , vol. 1 (mod. s. ); in Manly's Specimens, vol. II; and ed.
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John Still. ]
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Martin Marprelate Tracts: (1) The Epistle, (2) The Epitome. 1588.
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:
WILLIAM STRODE.
The Floating Island: A Tragi-Comedy, Acted before his Majesty at Oxford,
Aug. 29. 1636. By the Students of Christ-Church. Written by William
Strode, late Orator of the University of Oxford, the Aires and Songs set
by M' Henry Lawes, servant to his late Majesty in his publick and private
Musick. 1655.
Rptd in The Poetical Works of William Strode, ed. Dobell, Bertram,
1907.
6
EDMUND STUB.
Fraus Honesta. Comoedia Cantabrigiæ olim acta, authore Magistro Stubbe,
Collegii Trinitatis Socio. 1632.
MS in Trin. coll. Cam. , R. 17. 10, ' Acta erat haec Comedia decimo die
Febr. A. D. 1618'; also R. 17. 9.
MS in Emmanuel coll. Cam. , III. 1. 17, with cast of the play, and note,
apparently in a different hand, 'Scæna est Florentiæ decimo die Februarii,
1616.
Smith, G. C. Moore. Notes on some English University Plays. Mod.
Lang. Rev. vol. III, no. 2.
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479
THOMAS TOMKIS.
Albumazar. A Comedy presented before the Kings Majestie at Cambridge,
the ninth of March, 1614. By the Gentlemen of Trinitie Colledge. 1615.
Another ed. in the same year, with same title-page. Two eds. in 1634
Newly revised and corrected by a speciall Hand.
A Comedy, As it is now Acted at His Highness the Duke of Yorks
Theatre. 1668. [Contains a prologue by Dryden, who erroneously states
that the play was the source of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist. ]
Source: Della Porta, G. B. L'Astrologo. 1606.
Rptd in Ancient B. D. vol. 1 (mod. 8. ), and in Hazlitt's Dodsley,
vol. Xi (mod. s. ).
Albumazar, a Comedy. Notes and Queries, Ser. III, vol. ix, pp. 178-9,
259-260, 302, and vol. XII, p. 270.
Lingua: Or the Combat of the Tongue, and the five Senses. For Superiority.
A pleasant Comoedie. 1607.
Later eds. in 1617, 1622, 1632, 1657 and n. d. Bptd in Reed's Dodsley,
vol. v, in Collier's Dodsley, vol. v, and in Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. ix
(mod. s. ).
Boas, F. 8. Macbeth and Lingua. Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. iv, no. 4.
1909.
Fleay, F. G. Shakespeariana. March, 1885.
Furnivall, F. J. Sir John Harington's Shakespeare Quartos. Notes
and Queries, Ser. 7, vol. IX, pp. 382-3. (Gives an account of a list of
volumes and single copies of plays belonging to Harington from
Brit. Mus. Add. MSS, 27632. On f. 30 Harington mentions The
combat of Lingua made by Thom. Tomkis of Trinity Colledge in
Cambridge. ' See also same series, vol. x, pp. 112-113. )
Lingua. Retrospective Review, vol. 11, pp. 270 ff.
Smith, G. C. Moore.
