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King Henry VI, parts 2-3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII

William Shakespeare - 1747 - 472 pages
...Playne, fome 40 or 50 " foot. The country people flock from all fides «* many miles off, to hear and fee it. For they «' have therein Devils and Devices,...one called the Ordinary, who followeth at " their back with the book in his hand, &c. &c." There was always a Droll or Buffoon in thefe Myfteries-t to...
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The Works of Shakespear: In Eight Volumes, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1747 - 476 pages
...fome 40 or 50 " foot. The country people flock from all fides «£ many miles off, to hear and fee it. For they " have therein Devils and Devices, to...one called the Ordinary* who followeth at " their back with the book in his hand, fcfr. £?V." There was always a Droll or Buffoon in theft J^yjleriei^...
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The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la ..., Volume 1

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1749 - 492 pages
...playne, fome " 40 or 50 foot. The country people flock from all fides many " miles off, to hear and fee it. For they have therein Devils " and Devices, to...by one called the Ordinary, who followeth at their back with • " the book in his hand, &c. &c. *" There was always a droll or buffoon in thefe My/leries,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1765 - 522 pages
...Playne, fome 40 or 50 foot. The country people flock from all fides many miles off, to hear and fee it. For they have therein Devils and Devices, to delight...by one called the Ordinary, who followeth at their back with ihe book in his hand, fcfr. &c." There was always a Droll or Buffoon in thefe Myjlcries,...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1765 - 508 pages
...Playne, fome 40 or " 50 foot. The country peo" pie flock from all fides many " miles off, to hear and fee it. " For they have therein Devils and Devices, to...by one called the Ordinary, who followeth at their back with the book in hit hand, &c. &c." There was always a Droll or Buffoon in thefe Myjieries, to...
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The Survey of Cornwall, and An Epistle Concerning the Excellencies of the ...

Richard Carew - Cornwall (England : County) - 1769 - 392 pages
....and deuiees, to delight as well the eye as the eare: the players conne not their parts without booke, but are prompted by one called the Ordinary, who followeth at their back with the booke in his hand, and telleth them Ibftly what they muft pronounce aloud. Which maner...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes: King Richard III ; King ...

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 480 pages
...flock from all fides many " miles off, to hear and fee it. For they have therein devils and " devicei, to delight as well the eye as the ear. The players...one " called the ordinary, who followeth at their back with the book " in his hand, &c. &c." There was always a droll or buffoon in thefe myjitriei,...
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King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 pages
...inclosed playne, some forty or fifty foot. The country people flock from all sides many miles off, to see and hear it. For they have therein devils and...by one called the ordinary, who followeth at their back with the book in his hand," &c. &c. There was always a droll or buffoon in these mysteries, to...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 644 pages
...they have therein devils and devices, to delight as well the eye as the ear. The players conne sot their parts without book, but are prompted by one called the ordinary, who followeth at their back with the book in his hand," &c. ic. There was always a droll or buffoon in thefe n-.yflerics,...
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ancients engleish metrical romancees

joseph ritson - 1802 - 468 pages
...devices, to delight as well the eye as the eare : the players conne not their parts without booke, but are prompted by one called the ordinary, who followeth at their back with the booke in his hand, and telleth them foftly what they muft pronounce aloud. " (Survey...
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