Selected Prose and Dramatic WorkJohn Lyly was the principal court dramatist of the 1580s and author of the period's best-selling prose work, Euphues. Three texts are included in this edition for both specialist and non-specialist readers: an extract from Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit; and the plays, Campaspe and Gallathea. |
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... things , therefore try me in this one thing . I never yet failed , and now I will not faint . Be bold to speak and blush not ; thy sore is not so angry but I can salve it , thy wound not so deep but I can search it , thy grief not so ...
... things , therefore try me in this one thing . I never yet failed , and now I will not faint . Be bold to speak and blush not ; thy sore is not so angry but I can salve it , thy wound not so deep but I can search it , thy grief not so ...
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... thing so precious as wit ; if in the idle trade of love , what thing more pestilent than wit ? The proof of late hath been verified in me , whom nature hath endued with a little wit which I have abused with an obstinate will . Most true ...
... thing so precious as wit ; if in the idle trade of love , what thing more pestilent than wit ? The proof of late hath been verified in me , whom nature hath endued with a little wit which I have abused with an obstinate will . Most true ...
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... things , than which nothing can be greater , he is 60 Alexander . Campaspe . Then , if it be such a thing to be Alexander , I hope it shall be no miserable thing to be a virgin . For if he save our honours , it is more than to restore ...
... things , than which nothing can be greater , he is 60 Alexander . Campaspe . Then , if it be such a thing to be Alexander , I hope it shall be no miserable thing to be a virgin . For if he save our honours , it is more than to restore ...
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ACTUS QUARTUS SCAENA affection Alchemist Alexander Anaxarchus Apelles Aristotle beasts beauty Blackfriars theatre body Campaspe canst cause chastity Clitus colour cometh command conceits court cunning Cupid daughter deceive delight desire Diana didst Diogenes dissemble dost thou doth Enter Eubulus Euphues euphuistic Eurota Exeunt Exit eyes face fair faithful fancy farewell father fear Ferardo fire folly fortune Gallathea gods gold Granichus hath heart Hebe Hephestion honour John Lyly Jupiter king ladies Larissa live lover Lucilla Lyly's maiden maketh Manes master mean Melebeus mind Naples nature Neptune never nymphs paint Parmenio perceive Peter Philautus Phillida philosopher Plato play Psyllus Quarto Rafe Ramia Robin SCAENA SECUNDA shadow shame sweet Sylvius Telusa thee thine thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wouldst thought thyself Timoclea Tyterus unto Venus virgin virtue wanton women words yield youth