...dulled wit may conceive it. But The Defenfe of Poefy. 45 fjut befides thefe grofs abfurdities, how all their plays be neither right tragedies, nor right comedies, mingling kings and clown*, not becaufe the matter fo carneth, but thruft in the clown by head and moulders, to play a...

...farther to be enlarged $ the dulleft wit may conceive it. But befides thefe grpfs abfurdities, how all their plays be neither right Tragedies nor right Comedies, mingling Kings and Clowns, not becaufe the matter fo carrieth, but thruft in the clown by head and fhoulders to play a part in rnajeflical...

...mingled kings and clowns, " not," says he, " because the matter so carieth it, but thrust in the downs by head and shoulders to play a part in majestical matters, with neither decencie nor discretion : so as neither the admiration and commiseration, nor the right sportfulnesse...

...mingled kings and clowns, " not," says he, " because the matter so carieth it, but thrust in the clou'ne by head and shoulders to play a part in majestical matters, with neither decencie nor discretion : sd as neither the admiration and commiseration, nor the right sportfulnesse...

...imagine, and art hath taught, and all ancient examples justified. But, besides these gross ubsurdities, all their plays be neither right tragedies nor right...not because the matter so carrieth it, but thrust in the clown by head and shoulders, to play a part in majestical matters with neither decency nor discretion."...

...thrust in the clowne by head and shoulders to play a part in majestical matters, with neither decencie nor discretion : so as neither the admiration and commiseration, nor the right sportfulnesse is by their mongrell tragi-comedie obtained 4." William Rankin, a puritan, and contemporary...

...mingled kings and clowns, "not," says he, " because the matter so carrieth it, but thrust in the clotme y let ns prepare Same welcome for the mistress of the house. /.';.) LAUN decencie nor discretion: so as neither the admiration and commisseration. nor the right sportfulnesse,...

...until the fool came on the stage again. Hence Sir Philip Sidney's censure on these dramatists, " how all their plays be neither right tragedies nor right comedies, mingling kings with clowns ; not because the matter so carrieth it, but to thrust in the clown, by head and shoulders,...

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...further to be enlarged ; the dullest ' wit may conceive it. But besides these gross absur' dities, how all their plays be neither right tragedies ' nor right...' because the matter so carrieth it, but thrust in the ' clown by head and shoulders* to play a part in ma* George Chapman alludes to this species of...