Gesta Grayorum. 1688.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Malone Society reprints.
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| Item Description: | "This reprint ... has been prepared under the direction of the general editor [W. W. Greg]" Account of Gray's Inn revels, 1594-5, under the leadership of H. Helmes, "prince of Purpoole." "There are three main points of literary interest in the Gesta Grayorum, namely, a supposed allusion to Shakespeare's Comedy of errors, the speeches of the six councillors [ascribed to Francis Bacon] and the Masque of Proteus ... [Of the masque, really the occasion of the present reprint] Francis Davison was ... the main author."--introduction. With facsimile reproductions of original t.-p., leaf I [superscript i] verso (first page of masque) and leaf of masque as contained in ms. Harley 541. Original title: Gesta Grayorum: Or, The History of the High and mighty Prince, Henry Prince of Purpoole, Arch-Duke of Stapulia and Bernardia, Duke of High and Nether Holborn [etc.] ... Who Reigned and Died, A.D. 1594. Together With A Masque, as it was presented (by His Highness's Command) for the Entertainment of Q Elizabeth; who, with the Nobles of both Courts, was present thereat. London, Printed for W. Canning ... 1688. "Text of the masque from manuscript Harley 541": p. xii-xxi. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 68 pages : 3 facsimiles |