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WILL WILL SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, BY THOMAS NASHE, KEYPUNCHED FROM THE MCKERROW EDITION, 1968. CORRECTED MAY 23, 1979. ULE. PROOFREAD JUNE, 1979, DUSNIC. ) A PLEASANT COMEDY, CALLED SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. WRITTEN BY THOMAS NASHE. ENTER WILL SUMMER IN HIS FOOL'S COAT BUT HALF ON, COMING OUT. NOCTEM PECCATIS ET FRAUDIBUS OBJICE NUBEM. THERE IS NO SUCH FINE TIME TO PLAY THE KNAVE IN AS THE NIGHT. I AM A GOOSE, OR A GHOST AT LEAST; FOR WHAT WITH TURMOIL OF GETTING MY FOOL'S APPAREL, AND CARE OF BEING PERFECT, I AM SURE I HAVE NOT YET SUPPED TONIGHT. WILL SUMMER'S GHOST I SHOULD BE, COME TO PRESENT YOU WITH SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. BE IT SO, IF MY COUSIN NED WILL LEND ME HIS CHAIN AND HIS FIDDLE. OTHER STATELY PACED PROLOGUES USE TO ATTIRE THEMSELVES WITHIN: I, THAT HAVE A TOY IN MY HEAD MORE THAN ORDINARY, AND USE TO GO WITHOUT MONEY, WITHOUT GARTERS, WITHOUT GIRDLE, WITH- OUT A HATBAND, WITHOUT POINTS TO . . .