The Life of Henry the Fift.
dc.contributor | Oxford Text Archive |
dc.contributor.author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
dc.coverage.placeName | Oxford |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-14 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T10:27:12Z |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T10:27:12Z |
dc.date.created | 1623 |
dc.identifier | ota:5705 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/5705 |
dc.description.abstract | "One thousand copies of this facsimile have been printed"--verso of half t.p. Facsim. reprint of ed. published, London : printed by Issac Iaggard and Ed.[ward] Blount, 1623 with original t.p.: Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies Original colophon reads: Printed at the charges of W.[illiam] Iaggard, Ed.[ward] Blount, I.[ohn] Smithweeke [i.e. Smethwick], and W.[illiam] Aspley, 1623 Contents: The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measvre, for measure. The comedie of errors. Much adoe about nothing. Loues labour's lost. A midsommer nights dreame. The merchant of Venice. As you like it. The taming of the shrew. All's well, that ends well. Twelfe night, or what you will. The winters tale. The life and death of King Iohn. The life and death of King Richard the second. The first part of Henry the fourth. The second part of Henry the fourth. The life of Henry the fift. The first part of Henry the sixt. The second part of Henry the sixt. The third part of Henry the sixt. The tragedy of Richard the third. The famous history of the life of King Henry the eight. The tragedie of Troylus and Cressida. The tragedy of Coriolanvs. The lamentable tragedy of Titus Andronicus. The tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet. The life of Tymon of Athens. The tragedie of Ivlivs Caesar. The tragedie of Macbeth. The tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. The tragedie of King Lear. The tragedie of Othello, the moore of Venice. The tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra. The tragedie of Cymbeline |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
dc.relation.replaces | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0119 |
dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ |
dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.lcsh | Plays -- England -- 16th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Plays -- England -- 17th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Comedies -- England -- 16th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Comedies -- England -- 17th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tragedies -- England -- 16th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tragedies -- England -- 17th century |
dc.title | The Life of Henry the Fift. |
dc.type | Text |
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files.count | 5 |
otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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The Life of Henry the Fift. Enter Prologue. O For a Muse of Fire, that would ascend The brightest Heauen of Inuention: A Kingdome for a Stage, Princes to Act, And Monarchs to behold the swelling Scene. Then should the Warlike Harry, like himselfe, Assume the Port of Mars, and at his heeles ( Leasht in, like Hounds) should Famine, Sword, and Fire Crouch for employment. But pardon, Gentles all: The flat vnraysed Spirits, that hath dar'd, On this vnworthy Scaffold, to bring forth So great an Obiect. Can this Cock-Pit hold The vastie fields of France? Or may we cramme Within this Woodden O , the very Caskes That did affright the Ayre at Agincourt? O pardon: since a crooked Figure may Attest in little place a Million, And let vs, Cyphers to this great Accompt, On your imaginarie Forces worke. Suppose within the Girdle of these Walls Are now confin'd two mightie Monarchies, Whose high, vp-reared, and abutting Fronts, The perillous narrow Ocean parts asunder. Peece out our imperfections with . . .
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