Excerpt from Five Anonymous Plays (Fourth Series) Do imitate the life you see, whose fame will But virgins you, O ladies fair! For honour of your name [fame. Do lead the life apparent here, to win immortal Let not the blinded god of Love, as poets term him so, [of woe, Nor Venus with her venery, nor lechers, cause Your virgins' name to spot or file: dear dames, observe the life That fair Virginia did observe, who rather wish[ed] the knife [chastity Of father's hand, her life to end, than spot her As she did wail, wail you ...
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Excerpt from Five Anonymous Plays (Fourth Series) Do imitate the life you see, whose fame will But virgins you, O ladies fair! For honour of your name [fame. Do lead the life apparent here, to win immortal Let not the blinded god of Love, as poets term him so, [of woe, Nor Venus with her venery, nor lechers, cause Your virgins' name to spot or file: dear dames, observe the life That fair Virginia did observe, who rather wish[ed] the knife [chastity Of father's hand, her life to end, than spot her As she did wail, wail you her wont, you maids of courtesy. [annoy, If any by example here would shun that great Our author would rejoice in heart, and we would leap for joy. Would gods that our endeavours may as well to please your ears, As is our author's meaning here, then were we void of fears. [first attempt, But patiently we wish you bear with this our Which surely will to do our best, then yield us no contempt [to receive, And as you please in patient wise our first for Ere long a better shall you win, if God do grant us leave. Enter Virginias. [virginiua] Before the time that fortune's lot did show each fate his doom, Or bird or beast, or fish or fowl, or earth had taken room. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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