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Page 118
... lady called Bewte , and the other half for the lady called Venus . " * A taste more fanciful than clas- sical seems , therefore , to have prevailed at this period ; and the antiquary alone would understand , or be inte- rested in , the ...
... lady called Bewte , and the other half for the lady called Venus . " * A taste more fanciful than clas- sical seems , therefore , to have prevailed at this period ; and the antiquary alone would understand , or be inte- rested in , the ...
Page 119
... lady's grace , behynde a clothe , ” Mr. Collier thinks inexplicable unless we knew the story of the play . It was most probably that of the " Prodigal Son , " which has furnished the subject for a drama in our own days . If so , the ...
... lady's grace , behynde a clothe , ” Mr. Collier thinks inexplicable unless we knew the story of the play . It was most probably that of the " Prodigal Son , " which has furnished the subject for a drama in our own days . If so , the ...
Page 120
... Lady Peace , in lady's apparel , all white and rich ; and Lady Quietness , and Dame Tranquillity , richly beseen in lady's apparel . " A part of this " apparel , " it appears , had been used in the preceding month of May ; but a vast ...
... Lady Peace , in lady's apparel , all white and rich ; and Lady Quietness , and Dame Tranquillity , richly beseen in lady's apparel . " A part of this " apparel , " it appears , had been used in the preceding month of May ; but a vast ...
Page 121
... Lady Barbara ; " ; " " Effiginia " ( a tragedy ) ; " Ajax and " Ulysses ; " " Narcissus ; " " Cloridon and Radiamanta ; " and Paris and Vienna ; " and , amongst the properties bought and made for them and the masques , are mention- ed ...
... Lady Barbara ; " ; " " Effiginia " ( a tragedy ) ; " Ajax and " Ulysses ; " " Narcissus ; " " Cloridon and Radiamanta ; " and Paris and Vienna ; " and , amongst the properties bought and made for them and the masques , are mention- ed ...
Page 122
... lady . Strutt , in his " Horda Angel Cynan , " vol . iii . has given a print representing one of these marriage - festival masques or pageants . Annexed is a specimen from it of a Mercury , and Diana , & c . In the next year , 1572 , an ...
... lady . Strutt , in his " Horda Angel Cynan , " vol . iii . has given a print representing one of these marriage - festival masques or pageants . Annexed is a specimen from it of a Mercury , and Diana , & c . In the next year , 1572 , an ...
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