The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Act I. Scene I.

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Enter Alexander

_Alexander speaks_

Silence, brave gentlemen, if you will give an eye, Alexander is my name, I’ll sing a tragedy; A ramble here I took the country for to see, Three actors I have brought, so far from Italy. The first I do present, he is a noble king, He’st just come from the wars, good tidings he doth bring; The next that doth come in he is a doctor good, Had it not been for him I’d surely lost my blood. Old Dives is the next, a miser you may see, Who, by lending of his gold, is come to poverty; So, gentlemen, you see, our actors will go round, Stand off a little while more pastime will be found.