Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

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england_n	day_n	king_n	richard_n	3,143	5	8.5345	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03185	An apology for actors Containing three briefe treatises. 1 Their antiquity. 2 Their ancient dignity. 3 The true vse of their quality. Written by Thomas Heywood.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.	1612 (1612)	STC 13309; ESTC S106113	35,274	66

like effect that a play was acted at a place called Skinners well fast by Clerken-well which continued eight dayes and was of matter from Adam and Eue the first creation of the world The spectators were no worse then the Royalty of England And amongst other commendable exercises in this place the Company of the Skinners of London held c●●taine yearely solemne playes In place wherof now in these latter daies the wrastling and such other pastimes haue been kept and is still held about Bartholmew-tide Also in the yeare 1390. the 14 yeare of the reigne of Richard the second the 18. of Iuly were the like Enterludes recorded of at the same place which continued 3 dayes together the King and Queene and Nobility being there present Moreouer to this day in diuers places of England there be townes that hold the priuiledge of their Faires and other Charters by yearely stage-playes as at Manni●gtree in Suffolke Kendall in the North others To let these passe as things familiarly knowne to all men Now to speake of some abuse lately crept into the quality as an inueighing against the State the Court the Law the Citty and their gouernements with the particularizing of priuate mens humors yet aliue Noble-men others I know it distastes many neither do I any way approue it nor dare I by any meanes excuse it The liberty which some arrogate to themselues committing their bitternesse and liberall inuectiues against all estates to the mouthes of Children supposing their iuniority to be a priuiledge for any rayling be it neuer so violent I could aduise all such to curbe and limit this presumed liberty within the bands of discretion and gouernment But wise and iuditial Censurers before whom such complaints shall at any time hereafter come wil not I hope impute these abuses to any transgression in vs who haue euer been carefull and prouident to shun the like I surcease to prosecute this any further lest my good meaning be by some misconstrued and fearing likewise lest with tediousnesse I tire the patience of the fauourable Reader heere though abruptly I conclude my third and last TREATISE 〈…〉 To my approued good Friend M r. Nicholas Okes. THE infinite faults escaped in my booke of Britaines Troy by the negligence of the Printer as the misquotations mistaking of sillables misplacing halfe lines coining of strāge and neuer heard of words These being without number when I would haue taken a particular account of the Errata the Printer answered me hee would not publish his owne disworkemanship but rather let his owne fault lye vpon the necke of the Author and being fearefull that others of his quality had beene of the same nature and condition and finding you on the contrary so carefull and industrious so serious and laborious to doe the Author all the rights of the presse I could not choose but gratulate your honest indeauours with this short remembrance Here likewise I must necessarily insert a manifest iniury done me in that worke by taking the two Epistles of Paris to Helen and Helen to Paris and printing them in a lesse volume vnder the name of another which may put the world in opinion I might steale them from him and hee to doe himselfe right hath since published them in his owne name but as I must acknowledge my lines not worthy his patronage vnder whom he hath publisht them so the Author I know much offended with M. Iaggard that altogether vnknowne to him presumed to make so bold with his name These and the like dishonesties I know you to bee cleere of and I could wish but to bee the happy Author of so worthy a worke as I could willingly commit to your care and workmanship Yours euer THOMAS HEYVVOOD a Hypocrita propriè personatum histrionem denotat Vid. Page ● So compared by the Fathers No Theater ●o world De Arte Amandi 1. Imperante Augusto natus est Christus Imperante Tiberio crucifixus 〈…〉 Poltd Virgil. 〈…〉 Alex. Metapol Theaters Ammianus lib. 29. Pliny lib. 36. Dio Cassius lib. 43. Dio. lib. 51 Su●tonius cap 21. Ta●itus lib. 13. A mal●um Pliny lib. 36. cap. 15. Sicon 〈◊〉 Hist. Occide● Archduke Alphonsus Stowe Cincius Faliscus Minutius Prothonius L. Attilius Latinus Prenestinu● Lucius Ambiuius Turpi● Flaccus Protinus L. Seruius Offic. 1. Rupilius Arossus Theocrines AEsopus Labericus Theodorete● Vse of Tragedies Vse of Historicall playes Vse of Morals Vse of Comedyes Vse of Pastorals A strange accident happening at a play A strange accident happening at a play A strange accident happening at a play Cardinall Al●onsus Times kept tide