A Latin Comedy
without title, but otherwise perfect.
without title, but otherwise perfect.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v06
Rep.
vol.
1.
p.
49.
)
Andronicus Commenus.
Andronicus Commenus. MS in Brit. Mus. , Sloane 1767. A Latin tragedy.
Jahrbuch, xxxiv, p. 256.
Antoninus Bassianus Caracalla.
Antoninus Bassianus Caracalla. MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson C, 590. A
Latin tragedy.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, XXXIV, pp. 265-7.
Band, Cuffe and Ruffe.
A Merrie Dialogue, Betweene Band, Cuffe, and Ruffe: Done by an excellent
Wit, And Lately acted in a shew in the famous Universitie of Cambridge.
London. 1615.
Exchange Ware at the Second hand, viz. Band, Ruffe and Cuffe, lately out
and now newly dearned up. Or A dialogue, acted in a shew in the
famous Universitie of Cambridge. The second edition. 1615. Adds an
introductory dialogue.
A 3rd ed. appeared in 1661, with the same title as the 1st ed. , and
without the introductory dialogue.
MS in Brit. Mus. , Add. 23723, also lacks this introduction.
Rptd in Harleian Miscell. vol. x, pp. 204-9, ed. Park, T. , 1813
(mod. s. ); contains a Prologue taken from a MS copy 'which is said to
have been acted at Oxford, Feb. 24, 1646. ' Also rptd in Miscell. Antiqua
Anglicana, vol. II, ed. Hindley, C. ; and in Contributions to Early
English Literature, ed. Halliwell-Phillipps, J. 0. , 1849.
E. L. VI.
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Bellum Grammaticale.
Bellum Grammaticale, sive Nominum Verborumque discordia civilis Tragico-
Comoedia. Summo cum applausu olim apud Oxonienses in Scaenam
producta & nunc in omnium illorum qui ad Gramaticam animos appellant
oblectamentum edita. Londini. Excudebant B. A. & T. F. Impensis
Joh: Spenceri, 1635 (ascribed by Dr R. Gardiner to Leonard Hutten
of Christ Church, but Anthony à Wood contradicts this. Ath. Ox, vol. II,
p. 533. )
. . Tragico-Comedia . . . producta, olim, apud Oxonienses, coram
Serenissima Elizabetha Anglorum Regina, iterum in Schola Pelliorum,
apud Tunbrigienses, 1718. . . . Editio hæc altera est multo emendatior,
cura Richardi Spenceri Scholæ Tunbrigiensis Magistri. 1726. Another
issue in 1729.
ad exemplar M" Alexandri Humii . . . editum Edinburgi, excud. Gideon
Lithgo, Anno Dom. 1658. Another issue by Mosman, George, in 1698.
(As to an edition of the play by Irvine, Christopher, from a MS of
Hume, Alexander, a Scotsman resident for some time in Oxford, see
Aldis, H. G. , A List of Books printed in Scotland 1700, p. 98; and
under Bolte, J. , post. )
Rptd from the edition of 1635 in Andrea Guarnas Bellum Gram-
maticale und seine Nachamungen, pp. 106-147, ed. Bolte, J. 1908.
(Monumenta Germaniæ Pedagogica, vol. XLII. )
Bolte also reprints, pp. 148-9, the prologue and epilogue to the play,
written by Gager, William, for its performance before Elizabeth in
September 1592, and printed as an appendix to his Meleager.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 273-5, preceded by critical remarks.
Source: Grammaticale Bellom Nominis et Verbi Regum: de princi-
palitate orationis inter se contendentium: nuper editum a Rever. d.
Andrea Salernitano Patricio Cremon. 1511. 103 editions appeared in
various countries between 1511 and 1739.
Bptd by Bolte (op. cit. ), with a parallel text of a revised edition by
Spangenberg, J. , pp. 3–55. This edition includes the texts of a number
of adaptations of the work, and has an elaborate introduction and
bibliography.
Translations and other adaptations of Guarna's work in England.
Bale, John: Scriptorum illustrium. . . . Catalogus. I, 700, mentions that
R. Radcliff'scripsit de Nominis ac Verbi, potentissimorum regum
in regno Grammatico, calamitosa & exitiali pugna, Lib. 2. '
Hayward, W. Bellum Grammaticale. A discourse of great war and
dissention betweene two worthy Princes, the Noune and the Verbe,
contending for the chefe place or dignitie in Oration.
Very
pleasant & profitable. Turned into english by W. H. 1569.
Later eds. in 1576 and 1635. Rptd in Lord Somers' Tracts,
vol. 1, pp. 1-29, 1750, and in the 2nd ed. of the Tracts, vol. 1,
pp. 523-554, 1809.
Hoadley, S. (? ). The Warr of Grammar a Tragick-Comedy Acted by
the Scholars of Cranebrook School more than once not without
Applause. In which the whole vulgar Grammar with something
of the Authors own, is festiveously handled. MS in Brit. Mus. , Add.
22725. On leaf 3a ‘Basileia seu Bellum Grammaticale Tragico-
Comodia. Sub ferias Nativitatis acta, à Generosis Scholae Crane-
burgensis alumnis. An. 1666. ' On the first leaf'Samuel Hoadley
His Book 1667. As Hoadley was an assistant master at Cranbrook
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at the time, and an author of grammatical works, he was probably
the author of the play, which is an adaptation of the Oxford play
rather than of Guarna's original work. (See Bolte's introduction,
pp. 41-43. )
Turner, W. (? ). Bellam Grammaticale: sive de Bello Nominum
& Verborum Fabula . . . à G. T. Scholæ Stamfordiensis Magistro;
Ibidemque recitata Dec. A. D. MDCCXVII. In usum scholarum.
Londini . . . MDCCXVIII. (See Nichols Literary Anecdotes, vol. VIII,
p. 369. )
Morgan, Louise B. Some Academic Plays. Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. v,
no. 2, pp. 199–200.
Caesar and Pompey.
The Tragedie of Cæsar and Pompey. Or Cæsars Revenge. Privately acted
by the Students of Trinity Colledge in Oxford. 1607.
There is another ed. without date or mention of place of performance.
Callidamus et Callanthia.
[Callidamus et Callanthia). MS in Brit. Mus. , Harl. 2296.
A Latin Comedy
without title, but otherwise perfect.
Cancer.
Cancer: Comoedia (in same volume as Loiola, Stoicus Vapulans and Paria).
1648.
Club Law.
(Club Law. ] MS in St John's coll. Cam. , 8. 62 (imperfect).
Club Law A Comedy Acted in Clare Hall, Cambridge, about 1599–1600.
Now printed for the first time. Ed. Smith, G. C. Moore. 1907.
Greg, W. W. Review of Moore Smith's edition. Mod. Lang. Rev.
vol. iv, no. 2, pp. 268-9.
Fuller, T. History of the University of Cambridge. pp. 31-33. 1655.
Clytophon.
Clytophon. MS in Emmanuel coll. Cam. , III. 1. 17.
A Latin Comedy. At end of MS, 'Guli. Bretonus possessor, Gul.
Ainseworthus Scriptor. Ainseworth was probably the scribe, not the
author. See Jahrbuch, XXXIV, pp. 317-318.
Exchange Ware.
(See under Band, Cuffe and Ruffe. )
Fatum Vortigerni.
Fatam Vortigerni Sen miserabilis vita et exitus Vortigerni regis Britanniae
una complectens adventum Saxonum sive Anglorum in Britanniam.
M8 in Brit. Mus. , Lansdowne 723.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 260-4, preceded by critical remarks.
Fortunia.
(See under Susenbrotus. )
Fraus Pia.
Fraus Pia. MS in Brit. Mus. , Sloane 1855. A Latin comedy.
Smith, G. C. Moore.
Notes on some English University plays.
Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. III, no. 2, pp. 155-6.
Grobiana's Nuptialls.
Grobiana's Nuptialls. MS in Bodleian, 30. Acted at St John's coll. Oxon.
31-2
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Bibliography
6
Hispanus.
Hispanus. MS in Bodleian, Douce 234. Summus histriodidascalus Mr
Pratt. In diem comitialem anno dni 1596. ' From cast appears to have
been acted at St John's coll. Cambridge. Pratt may be the author, or
[M]orrell, whose name, mutilated, is at bottom of first page.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 298–300.
Hymenaeus.
[Hymenæus. ] MSS in Caius coll. Cam. , 62, and St John's coll. Cam. , S. 45.
Both perfect, but without title. From cast it appears to have been acted
at St John's, March 1578/9.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 289-291, preceded by critical remarks.
Hymenæus. A Comedy acted at St John's College, Cambridge. Now first
printed. Ed. Smith, G. C. Moore. 1908.
Source: Boccaccio, G. : Decameron, 10th Story of Fourth Day.
Jovis et Junonis nuptiae.
[Jovis et Junonis nuptiæ. ] MS in Trin. coll. Cam. , R. 10. 4, perfect, but
without title. A Latin mythological play.
Laelia.
Laelia. MS in Lambeth Palace, 838.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, XXXIV, pp. 292–4. See also pp. 286–7.
Ed. by Smith, G. C. Moore. Cambridge, 1910.
Source: Gľ Ingannati (contained in the volume entitled Comedia del
Sacrificio degli Intronati. 1537).
Estienne, C. Les Abusez, Comedie faite à la mode des anciens
Comiques, premièrement composée en langue Tuscane . . . &
nommée Intronati, depuys traduite en Françoys par Charles
Estienne. 1549.
Furness, H. H. Twelfth Night (The Variorum Shakespeare). 1901.
(Contains, pp. 341-359, a translation of the chief scenes in GP
Ingannati, and pp. 359-361, an English version of the synopsis of
Laelia in the Jahrbuch. )
Mercurius Rusticans.
Mercurius Rusticans, comedia, cujus scena est Hinxey. MS in Bodleian,
Wood D, 18.
Narcissus.
A Twelfe Night merriment, anno 1602. MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson Poet. 212.
Narcissus A Twelve Night Merriment played by youths of the parish at the
College of S. John the Baptist in Oxford, A. D. 1602. Ed. Lee, Margaret L. ,
with introduction, appendices, and notes.
Collister, C. H. Narcissus plays distinguished. Modern Language
Notes, vol. xx. Baltimore, 1905.
Nottola.
Nottola. MS in Bodleian, Douce 47. A Latin comedy.
The Parnassus Trilogy.
[The Pilgrimage to Parnassus. ] MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson D, 398, No. 72.
[The Return from Parnassus, Part 1. ] MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson D, 398,
No. 72.
The Returne from Pernassus: Or The Scourge of Simony. Publiquely acted
by the Students in Saint Johns College in Cambridge. At London
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♡
Printed by G. Eld, for John Wright, and are to bee sold at his shop at
Christ church Gate. 1606.
There is another edition with a similar title-page, but with a number
of variant readings; also a MS of the play in the Halliwell-Phillipps
collection, with other variants.
The Trilogy is printed as The Pilgrimage to Parnassus with the two parts of
the Return from Parnassus. Three comedies performed in St John's
College, Cambridge, A. D. MDXCVII-MDCI, ed. from MSS by Macray, W. D. ,
1886.
The Returne, Part 11, is rptd in Origin of E. D. vol. 11; Ancient B. D.
vol. 1 (mod. s.
Andronicus Commenus.
Andronicus Commenus. MS in Brit. Mus. , Sloane 1767. A Latin tragedy.
Jahrbuch, xxxiv, p. 256.
Antoninus Bassianus Caracalla.
Antoninus Bassianus Caracalla. MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson C, 590. A
Latin tragedy.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, XXXIV, pp. 265-7.
Band, Cuffe and Ruffe.
A Merrie Dialogue, Betweene Band, Cuffe, and Ruffe: Done by an excellent
Wit, And Lately acted in a shew in the famous Universitie of Cambridge.
London. 1615.
Exchange Ware at the Second hand, viz. Band, Ruffe and Cuffe, lately out
and now newly dearned up. Or A dialogue, acted in a shew in the
famous Universitie of Cambridge. The second edition. 1615. Adds an
introductory dialogue.
A 3rd ed. appeared in 1661, with the same title as the 1st ed. , and
without the introductory dialogue.
MS in Brit. Mus. , Add. 23723, also lacks this introduction.
Rptd in Harleian Miscell. vol. x, pp. 204-9, ed. Park, T. , 1813
(mod. s. ); contains a Prologue taken from a MS copy 'which is said to
have been acted at Oxford, Feb. 24, 1646. ' Also rptd in Miscell. Antiqua
Anglicana, vol. II, ed. Hindley, C. ; and in Contributions to Early
English Literature, ed. Halliwell-Phillipps, J. 0. , 1849.
E. L. VI.
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482
Bibliography
Bellum Grammaticale.
Bellum Grammaticale, sive Nominum Verborumque discordia civilis Tragico-
Comoedia. Summo cum applausu olim apud Oxonienses in Scaenam
producta & nunc in omnium illorum qui ad Gramaticam animos appellant
oblectamentum edita. Londini. Excudebant B. A. & T. F. Impensis
Joh: Spenceri, 1635 (ascribed by Dr R. Gardiner to Leonard Hutten
of Christ Church, but Anthony à Wood contradicts this. Ath. Ox, vol. II,
p. 533. )
. . Tragico-Comedia . . . producta, olim, apud Oxonienses, coram
Serenissima Elizabetha Anglorum Regina, iterum in Schola Pelliorum,
apud Tunbrigienses, 1718. . . . Editio hæc altera est multo emendatior,
cura Richardi Spenceri Scholæ Tunbrigiensis Magistri. 1726. Another
issue in 1729.
ad exemplar M" Alexandri Humii . . . editum Edinburgi, excud. Gideon
Lithgo, Anno Dom. 1658. Another issue by Mosman, George, in 1698.
(As to an edition of the play by Irvine, Christopher, from a MS of
Hume, Alexander, a Scotsman resident for some time in Oxford, see
Aldis, H. G. , A List of Books printed in Scotland 1700, p. 98; and
under Bolte, J. , post. )
Rptd from the edition of 1635 in Andrea Guarnas Bellum Gram-
maticale und seine Nachamungen, pp. 106-147, ed. Bolte, J. 1908.
(Monumenta Germaniæ Pedagogica, vol. XLII. )
Bolte also reprints, pp. 148-9, the prologue and epilogue to the play,
written by Gager, William, for its performance before Elizabeth in
September 1592, and printed as an appendix to his Meleager.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 273-5, preceded by critical remarks.
Source: Grammaticale Bellom Nominis et Verbi Regum: de princi-
palitate orationis inter se contendentium: nuper editum a Rever. d.
Andrea Salernitano Patricio Cremon. 1511. 103 editions appeared in
various countries between 1511 and 1739.
Bptd by Bolte (op. cit. ), with a parallel text of a revised edition by
Spangenberg, J. , pp. 3–55. This edition includes the texts of a number
of adaptations of the work, and has an elaborate introduction and
bibliography.
Translations and other adaptations of Guarna's work in England.
Bale, John: Scriptorum illustrium. . . . Catalogus. I, 700, mentions that
R. Radcliff'scripsit de Nominis ac Verbi, potentissimorum regum
in regno Grammatico, calamitosa & exitiali pugna, Lib. 2. '
Hayward, W. Bellum Grammaticale. A discourse of great war and
dissention betweene two worthy Princes, the Noune and the Verbe,
contending for the chefe place or dignitie in Oration.
Very
pleasant & profitable. Turned into english by W. H. 1569.
Later eds. in 1576 and 1635. Rptd in Lord Somers' Tracts,
vol. 1, pp. 1-29, 1750, and in the 2nd ed. of the Tracts, vol. 1,
pp. 523-554, 1809.
Hoadley, S. (? ). The Warr of Grammar a Tragick-Comedy Acted by
the Scholars of Cranebrook School more than once not without
Applause. In which the whole vulgar Grammar with something
of the Authors own, is festiveously handled. MS in Brit. Mus. , Add.
22725. On leaf 3a ‘Basileia seu Bellum Grammaticale Tragico-
Comodia. Sub ferias Nativitatis acta, à Generosis Scholae Crane-
burgensis alumnis. An. 1666. ' On the first leaf'Samuel Hoadley
His Book 1667. As Hoadley was an assistant master at Cranbrook
6
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483
at the time, and an author of grammatical works, he was probably
the author of the play, which is an adaptation of the Oxford play
rather than of Guarna's original work. (See Bolte's introduction,
pp. 41-43. )
Turner, W. (? ). Bellam Grammaticale: sive de Bello Nominum
& Verborum Fabula . . . à G. T. Scholæ Stamfordiensis Magistro;
Ibidemque recitata Dec. A. D. MDCCXVII. In usum scholarum.
Londini . . . MDCCXVIII. (See Nichols Literary Anecdotes, vol. VIII,
p. 369. )
Morgan, Louise B. Some Academic Plays. Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. v,
no. 2, pp. 199–200.
Caesar and Pompey.
The Tragedie of Cæsar and Pompey. Or Cæsars Revenge. Privately acted
by the Students of Trinity Colledge in Oxford. 1607.
There is another ed. without date or mention of place of performance.
Callidamus et Callanthia.
[Callidamus et Callanthia). MS in Brit. Mus. , Harl. 2296.
A Latin Comedy
without title, but otherwise perfect.
Cancer.
Cancer: Comoedia (in same volume as Loiola, Stoicus Vapulans and Paria).
1648.
Club Law.
(Club Law. ] MS in St John's coll. Cam. , 8. 62 (imperfect).
Club Law A Comedy Acted in Clare Hall, Cambridge, about 1599–1600.
Now printed for the first time. Ed. Smith, G. C. Moore. 1907.
Greg, W. W. Review of Moore Smith's edition. Mod. Lang. Rev.
vol. iv, no. 2, pp. 268-9.
Fuller, T. History of the University of Cambridge. pp. 31-33. 1655.
Clytophon.
Clytophon. MS in Emmanuel coll. Cam. , III. 1. 17.
A Latin Comedy. At end of MS, 'Guli. Bretonus possessor, Gul.
Ainseworthus Scriptor. Ainseworth was probably the scribe, not the
author. See Jahrbuch, XXXIV, pp. 317-318.
Exchange Ware.
(See under Band, Cuffe and Ruffe. )
Fatum Vortigerni.
Fatam Vortigerni Sen miserabilis vita et exitus Vortigerni regis Britanniae
una complectens adventum Saxonum sive Anglorum in Britanniam.
M8 in Brit. Mus. , Lansdowne 723.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 260-4, preceded by critical remarks.
Fortunia.
(See under Susenbrotus. )
Fraus Pia.
Fraus Pia. MS in Brit. Mus. , Sloane 1855. A Latin comedy.
Smith, G. C. Moore.
Notes on some English University plays.
Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. III, no. 2, pp. 155-6.
Grobiana's Nuptialls.
Grobiana's Nuptialls. MS in Bodleian, 30. Acted at St John's coll. Oxon.
31-2
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484
Bibliography
6
Hispanus.
Hispanus. MS in Bodleian, Douce 234. Summus histriodidascalus Mr
Pratt. In diem comitialem anno dni 1596. ' From cast appears to have
been acted at St John's coll. Cambridge. Pratt may be the author, or
[M]orrell, whose name, mutilated, is at bottom of first page.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 298–300.
Hymenaeus.
[Hymenæus. ] MSS in Caius coll. Cam. , 62, and St John's coll. Cam. , S. 45.
Both perfect, but without title. From cast it appears to have been acted
at St John's, March 1578/9.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, xxxiv, pp. 289-291, preceded by critical remarks.
Hymenæus. A Comedy acted at St John's College, Cambridge. Now first
printed. Ed. Smith, G. C. Moore. 1908.
Source: Boccaccio, G. : Decameron, 10th Story of Fourth Day.
Jovis et Junonis nuptiae.
[Jovis et Junonis nuptiæ. ] MS in Trin. coll. Cam. , R. 10. 4, perfect, but
without title. A Latin mythological play.
Laelia.
Laelia. MS in Lambeth Palace, 838.
Synopsis in Jahrbuch, XXXIV, pp. 292–4. See also pp. 286–7.
Ed. by Smith, G. C. Moore. Cambridge, 1910.
Source: Gľ Ingannati (contained in the volume entitled Comedia del
Sacrificio degli Intronati. 1537).
Estienne, C. Les Abusez, Comedie faite à la mode des anciens
Comiques, premièrement composée en langue Tuscane . . . &
nommée Intronati, depuys traduite en Françoys par Charles
Estienne. 1549.
Furness, H. H. Twelfth Night (The Variorum Shakespeare). 1901.
(Contains, pp. 341-359, a translation of the chief scenes in GP
Ingannati, and pp. 359-361, an English version of the synopsis of
Laelia in the Jahrbuch. )
Mercurius Rusticans.
Mercurius Rusticans, comedia, cujus scena est Hinxey. MS in Bodleian,
Wood D, 18.
Narcissus.
A Twelfe Night merriment, anno 1602. MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson Poet. 212.
Narcissus A Twelve Night Merriment played by youths of the parish at the
College of S. John the Baptist in Oxford, A. D. 1602. Ed. Lee, Margaret L. ,
with introduction, appendices, and notes.
Collister, C. H. Narcissus plays distinguished. Modern Language
Notes, vol. xx. Baltimore, 1905.
Nottola.
Nottola. MS in Bodleian, Douce 47. A Latin comedy.
The Parnassus Trilogy.
[The Pilgrimage to Parnassus. ] MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson D, 398, No. 72.
[The Return from Parnassus, Part 1. ] MS in Bodleian, Rawlinson D, 398,
No. 72.
The Returne from Pernassus: Or The Scourge of Simony. Publiquely acted
by the Students in Saint Johns College in Cambridge. At London
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485
8
♡
Printed by G. Eld, for John Wright, and are to bee sold at his shop at
Christ church Gate. 1606.
There is another edition with a similar title-page, but with a number
of variant readings; also a MS of the play in the Halliwell-Phillipps
collection, with other variants.
The Trilogy is printed as The Pilgrimage to Parnassus with the two parts of
the Return from Parnassus. Three comedies performed in St John's
College, Cambridge, A. D. MDXCVII-MDCI, ed. from MSS by Macray, W. D. ,
1886.
The Returne, Part 11, is rptd in Origin of E. D. vol. 11; Ancient B. D.
vol. 1 (mod. s.
