A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Various
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In Singing, Dauncing, Horse-rase, Stage-playing.
Never, O Rome had never such a Prince. 1 _Rom_. Yet, I have heard, our ancestors were crown'd For other Victories. 2 _Rom_. None of our ancestors were ere like him. _Within: Nero, Apollo, Nero, Hercules_![4] 1 _Rom_. Harke how th'applauding shouts doe cleave the ayre,[5] This idle talke will make me loose the sight. Two _Romans_ more to them. 3 _Rom_. Whither goe you? alls done i'th Capytall, And _Nero_, having there his tables hung And Garlands up, is to the Pallace gone. 'Twas beyond wonder; I shall never see, Nay, I never looke to see the like againe: Eighteen hundred and eight Crownes For severall victories, and the place set downe Where, and in what, and whom he overcame. 4 _Rom_. That was set down ith' tables that were borne Upon the Souldiers speares. 1 _Rom_. O made, and sometimes use[d] for other Ends! 2 _Rom_. But did he winne them all with singing? |
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