The witch / Thomas Middleton
| dc.contributor | Howard-Hill, T.H. (Trevor Howard) Department of English University of South Carolina Columbia |
| dc.contributor.author | Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627 |
| dc.coverage.placeName | [Oxford] |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T10:59:03Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T10:59:03Z |
| dc.date.created | 1613-1316 |
| dc.date.issued | 1974-01-01 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0098 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/0098 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/0098 |
| dc.description.abstract | This edition of Thomas Middleton’s The Witch reproduces the Bodleian Library manuscript (Malone 12). The text included here is a transcription of Malone Society Reprints vol. 89, 1948 (Oxford University Press, 1950), prepared by W.W. Greg and the General Editor (F.P. Wilson). The edition, including a full textual introduction not included here, is available for purchase directly from the Malone Society. For full details of the Society’s backlist, together with information about how to join, please visit . |
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| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
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| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | English drama -- 17th century |
| dc.subject.other | Plays |
| dc.title | The witch / Thomas Middleton |
| dc.type | Text |
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| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 106335 |
| files.count | 2 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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<T WIT><L 1><Y C><P 1><C >
<Z {Actus Primus:}> {Scea. Prima. Enter Sebastian, & Fernando.}
<S {Seb}>. {My} three yeeres spent in War, has now vndon
my peace for ever.
<S {Fer}>. Good; be patient, Sir
<S {Seb}>. She is my Wife by Contract before Heaven,
and all the Angells, Sir.
<S {Fer}>. I doe beleeue you;
but where#'s the remedie now? you see She#'s gon:
an other has possession
<S {Seb}>. ther#'s the torment.
<S {Fer}>. This day, being the first of yor Returne
vnluckely proves the first too of her fastning
her Vncle (Sir) the {Gouernor} of {Rauenna}
holding a good opinion of the {Bride-#groome}
as he#'s faire-#spoken (Sir) and wondrous mild.
<S {Seb}>. there goes the Devill, in a Sheepe-#skyn.
<S {Fer}>. with all speed
clap'd-#it vp sodainely: I cannot thinck, (sure)
that the {Maid} over-#loves him: though being Married
perhaps for her owne Creadit) now She intends
performance of an honest duteous wife.
(WIT:C:2:) ##{Seb}. Sir: I#'ue a world of Busynes; question . . .
