The chances
| dc.contributor | Unknown |
| dc.contributor.author | Fletcher, John, 1579-1625 |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Cambridge |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T09:55:28Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T09:55:28Z |
| dc.date.created | 1966- |
| dc.date.issued | 1993-06-10 |
| dc.identifier | ota:1568 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/1568 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/1568 |
| dc.description.abstract | "The chances" is generally considered to be the unaided work of Fletcher |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 149 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| 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. |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Plays -- England -- 17th century |
| dc.title | The chances |
| dc.type | Text |
| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 158285 |
| files.count | 2 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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<Author>Fletcher, John</Author>
<Title>The Chances</Title>
<Edition>George Walton Williams, ed. The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979</Edition>
<Date>1617</Date>
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<div0 n=Prologue>
<milestone n=628>
<l n=1> Prologue.</l>
<l n=2> Aptnesse for mirth to all, this instant night</l>
<l n=3> Thalia hath prepar'd for your delight,</l>
<l n=4> Her choice and curious Viands, in each part,</l>
<l n=5> Season'd with rarities of wit, and Art;</l>
<l n=6> Nor feare I to be tax'd for a vaine boast,</l>
<l n=7> My promise will finde credit with the most,</l>
<l n=8> When they know Ingenuous Fletcher made it, hee</l>
<l n=9> Being in himselfe a perfect Comedie.</l>
<l n=10> And some sit here, I doubt not, dare averre,</l>
<l n=11> Living he made that house a Theater</l>
<l n=12> Which he pleas'd to frequent; and thus much we</l>
<l n=13> Could not but pay to his lovd memorie.</l>
<l . . .
