This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ... less satirical as bearing the names of the follies which characterize their respective gallants. 1 The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker, now first collected with illustrative notes and a memoir of the author, published by John Pearson, London, 1873, I. 198. Cynthia s Revels has come down to us in two forms. The quarto ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ... less satirical as bearing the names of the follies which characterize their respective gallants. 1 The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker, now first collected with illustrative notes and a memoir of the author, published by John Pearson, London, 1873, I. 198. Cynthia s Revels has come down to us in two forms. The quarto (1601) probably gives the play as it was presented at court, and is much shorter than the folio (1616).1 Anaides (Marston) is closely associated with Hedon (Daniel) throughout the play, and together they plot against Crites (Jonson). In the Induction Anaides is spoken of as "the Impudent, a gallant." When Anaides first appears (II. 1) he has more oaths than he "knows how to utter." Mercury says that Anaides, although not a courtier, --... has two essential parts of the courtier, pride and ignorance; marry, the rest come somewhat after the ordinary gallant. 'Tis Impudence itself, Anaides: one that speaks'all that comes in his cheeks, and will blush no more than a sackbut. He lightly occupies the jester's room at the table,2 and keeps laughter, Gelaia, a wench in page's attire, following him in place of a squire, whom he now and then tickles with some strange ridiculous stuff, uttered as his land came to him, by chance. He will censure or discourse of anything, but as absurdly as you would wish. His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes.8 He never drinks below the salt. He does naturally admire his wit that wears gold lace or tissue; stabs any man that speaks more contemptibly of the scholar than he.4 He is a great proficient in all the illiberal sciences, as cheating, drinking, swaggering, whoring, and such like: never kneels but to pledge healths,6 nor 1 The citizen and his wife (V. 2) do not...
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