The Gentle CraftIn this volume Simon Barker offers Deloney's tale in modern typography, with explanatory notes and an extensive introduction, a detailed account of the sources and influence of the book, its publication history, and what is known of its author. He suggests that Deloney's combination of romance with the practical morality of an emerging social class produced a text that is uniquely important for those interested in late-Elizabethan popular culture. |
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... live without regarde to Martiall Lawe , Barnabe Rich had suggested that the problem for contemporary militarism lay at the court of Elizabeth where ' carping cavaliers ' had corrupted an English tradition of militarism and masculinity ...
... live without regarde to Martiall Lawe , Barnabe Rich had suggested that the problem for contemporary militarism lay at the court of Elizabeth where ' carping cavaliers ' had corrupted an English tradition of militarism and masculinity ...
Page 96
... live no longer : be content ( quoth she ) and take courage to thee , death is a sowre crabbed fellow . Ah no ( quoth Gillian ) death is sweet to them that live in sorrow , and to none should he be better welcome then to me , who desires ...
... live no longer : be content ( quoth she ) and take courage to thee , death is a sowre crabbed fellow . Ah no ( quoth Gillian ) death is sweet to them that live in sorrow , and to none should he be better welcome then to me , who desires ...
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Thomas Deloney Simon Barker. heart serve him while I live : now doth it come in my mind , how happy they are that live in his favour : how blessed they be that enjoy his presence ; O were my head once againe shadowed under his faire ...
Thomas Deloney Simon Barker. heart serve him while I live : now doth it come in my mind , how happy they are that live in his favour : how blessed they be that enjoy his presence ; O were my head once againe shadowed under his faire ...
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