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The first collected edition of the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher was published in 1647, in folio (12 1/2 ins. x 8 1/8 ins. is the measurement of the copy used for the purpose of collation). The title-page runs thus:--
The first collected edition of the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher was published in 1647, in folio (12 1/2 ins. x 8 1/8 ins. is the measurement of the copy used for the purpose o...
5. Chapter 5_My name, so far from great, that tis not knowne, Can lend no praise but what thou'dst blush to own; And no rude hand, or feeble wit should dare To vex thy Shrine with an unlear...
4. Chapter 4Fletcher, _though some call it thy fault, that wit So overflow'd thy scenes, that ere 'twas fit To come upon the Stage,_ Beaumont _was faine To bid thee be more dull, that's wri...
2. Chapter 2_Me thought our_ Fletcher _weary of this croud, Wherein so few have witt, yet all are loud, Unto Elyzium fled, where he alone Might his own witt admire and ours bemoane; But soo...
3. Chapter 3Fletcher _(whose Fame no Age can ever wast; Envy of Ours, and glory of the last) Is now alive againe; and with his Name His sacred Ashes wak'd into a Flame; Such as before did b...