A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11

TO HIS LOVED SON,[9] NAT. FIELD, AND HIS WEATHERCOCK WOMAN.

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A SELECT COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH PLAYS (11 of 15).EDITION.[MR COLLIER'S PREFACE.]TO ANY WOMAN THAT HATH BEEN NO WEATHERCOCK.TO THE READER.TO HIS LOVED SON,[9] NAT. FIELD, AND HIS WEATHERCOCK WOMAN.DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

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EDITIONS.INTRODUCTION.DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.[71]

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GREEN'S TU QUOQUE;EDITIONS.INTRODUCTION.TO THE READER UPON THE DEATH OF THOMAS GREEN.DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.THE CITY GALLANT.THE CITY GALLANT. (continued 2)EDITIONS.[REEDS PREFACE.]DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.THE PROLOGUE.ALBUMAZAR.[227]

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EPILOGUE EDITION.INTRODUCTION.THE ACTORS' NAMES.PROLOGUE THE HOG HATH LOST HIS PEARL. ACTUS PRIMI, SCENA PRIMA.ACTUS SECUNDUS.ACTUS TERTIUS.ACTUS QUARTUS.ACTUS QUINTUS.EPILOGUE EDITION.INTRODUCTION TO THE FORMER EDITION.THE NAMES OF THE ACTORS.TO MY HONOURED FRIEND MASTER THOMAS MAY,PROLOGUS.

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THE EPILOGUE.

TO HIS LOVED SON,[9] NAT. FIELD, AND HIS WEATHERCOCK WOMAN.

To many forms, as well as many ways, Thy active muse turns like thy acted woman: In which disprais'd inconstancy turns praise; Th' addition being, and grace of Homer's seaman, In this life's rough seas toss'd, yet still the same: So turns thy wit, inconstancy to stay, And stay t' inconstancy. And as swift Fame Grows as she goes, in Fame so thrive thy play, And thus to standing turn thy woman's fall: Wit, turn'd to everything, proves stay in all. George Chapman.

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Note 1 · It was not unusual for elder poets to call the younger their sons. Ben Jonson allowed this title to Randolph, Howell, and others. Field also