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SCHOOL AND PRODIGAL SON PLAYŞ.
Acolastus.
(For editions of the original play see Authorities and Sources below. )
Joannis Palsgravi Londoniensis Ecphrasis Anglica in Comoediam Acolasti.
The Comedye of Acolastus translated into oure englysshe tongue, after
such maner as chylderne are taught in the grammer schole, fyrst worde
for worde, as the latyne lyeth, and afterwarde accordynge to the sense
and meanyng of the latin sentences: by shewing what they do value and
countervayle in our tongue, with admonitions set forth in the margyn, so
often as any such phrase, that is to say, kynd of spekyng used of the
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the sayd latyn maners of speakinge, and also Adages, metaphores,
sentences, or other fygures poeticall or rhetorical do require, for the
more perfyte instructynge of the lerners, and to leade theym more
easilye to see how the exposytion gothe. . . . Interpreted by John
Palsgrave. Anno M. D. XL.
Andria.
Terens in englysh. The translacyon out of Latin into englysh of the furst
comedy of tyrens callyd Andria. n. d. The Latin and the English are in
parallel columns,
Andria the first Comoedie of Terence, in English. A furtherance for the
attainment unto the right knowledge, & true proprietie, of the Latin
Tong. And also a commodious meane of help, to such as have forgotten
Latin, for their speedy recovering of habilitie, to understand, write, and
speake the same. Carefully translated out of Latin, by Maurice Kyffin.
1588.
An edition, by Bertrang, A. , of Terenz' Andria in den Englischen
Übersetzungen des 15 und 16 Jahrhunderts is announced as in prepara-
tion for Bang's Materialien.
The Disobedient Child.
(See under Thomas Ingelend, supra. )
The Glasse of Governement.
(See under George Gascoigne, supra. )
The Historie of Jacob and Esau.
A newe mery and wittie Comedie or Enterlude, newely imprinted, treating
apon the Historie of Jacob and Esau, taken out of the XXVII. Chap. of the
first booke of Moses, entituled Genesis. 1568.
Facsimile in Tudor Facsimile Texts, 1908. Rptd in Hazlitt's
Dodsley, vol. II (mod. s. ); Six Anonymous Plays, 2nd series, ed. Farmer,
J. S. , 1906 (mod. s. ).
Criticism.
Stopes, C. C. The Interlude; or Comedie of Jacob and Esau. The Athenæum,
28 April 1900.
[Mrs Stopes attributes the play to William Hunnis. ]
Jacke Jugeler.
A new Enterlude for Chyldren to playe, named Jacke Jugeler, both wytte,
and very playsent. Newly Imprentid. n. d.
Facsimile by Ashbee, E. W. , 1876, and in Tudor Facsimile Texts.
Rptd in Two Interludes, Roxburghe Club, ed. Haslewood, J. , 1820; in
Four Old Plays; Fuller Worthies' Library Miscellanies, vol. iv, ed.
Grosart, A. B. , 1873; Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. 1 (mod. 8. ); Anonymous
Plays, 3rd series, ed. Farmer, J. S. (mod. 8. ). Ed. Williams, W. H.
Cambridge, 1914.
Misogonus.
Unique manuscript, partially mutilated, in the Duke of Devonshire's library
at Chatsworth. Dated Die 20 Novembris, Anno 1577. (See, further,
chap. v, p. 110, note. )
Printed in Brandl's Quellen; Six Anonymous Plays, 2nd series, ed.
Farmer, J. S. , 1906. See, also, above, Bond, R. W. , under General
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The Bugbears.
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hands, is imperfect, as the title-page, the greater part of fol. 61 and the last
leaf are missing. The title, The Buggbears, has been added later, by a
sixth hand. At the end of the text there is the entry: Soli deo honor et
gloria Johannus Jeffere scribebat hoc. ]
Printed in Herrig's Archiv, vol. XCVIII, pp. 301-322, and vol. xcix,
pp. 25-58; ed. Grabau, C. , 1897. See, also, above, Bond, R. W. , under
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worth library contains only the pages from sig. B 1 to F IV. The title-page
and beginning and end of the play are thus missing. The title is, however,
obtained from the headline to the pages. The play is entered in the
Stationers' register on 26 July 1576.
Transcript by Malone, E. , in the Bodleian library. Bptd in Brandl's
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The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune. Plaide before the Queenes most
excellent Majestie: wherein are many fine Conceites with great delight.
At London. Printed by E. A. for Edward White. . . . 1589.
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Old Plays (mod. s. ), and thence in Hazlitt's Dodsley, vol. VI, with
Collier's General Introduction. Identical with A Historie of Love and
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CHAPTER VI
THE PLAYS OF THE UNIVERSITY WITS
The following works may be consulted with regard to all the writers
treated in this chapter, together with the general Histories.
Boas, F. S. Shakespeare and his Predecessors. 1896.
Mezières, A. J. F. Prédécesseurs et Contemporains de Shakespeare. Paris,
1863.
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New ed. 1900.
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A moste excellent Comedie of Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes, Played
before the Queenes Majestie on twelfe day at night by her Majesties
children, and the children of Poules. 1584.


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Sapho and Phao, Played beefore the Queenes Majestie on Shrovetewsday, by
her Majesties Children, and the Boyes of Paules. By John Lilly. 1584.
Endimion, The Man in the Moone. Playd before the Queenes Majestie at
Greenewich on Candlemas day at night, by the Chyldren' of Paules.
1591.
Gallathea. As it was playdo before the Queenes Majestie at Greene-wiche,
on Newyeeres day at Night. By the Chyldren of Paules. At London.
1592.
Midas. Plaied Before The Queenes Majestie Upon Twelfe Day At night.
By the Children of Paules.