The tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy : 1623 / John Webster
| dc.contributor | Gunby, D.C., (David Charles), 1938- Department of English University of Canterbury Christchurch |
| dc.contributor.author | Webster, John, 1580?-1625? |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Menston |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T16:23:16Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T16:23:16Z |
| dc.date.created | 1623 |
| dc.date.issued | 1985-03-06 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0631 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0631 |
| dc.description.abstract | Facsimile reprint, London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Waterson, 1623. -- Reproduced from a copy in the British Museum (shelfmark 644.f.72) |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 146 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| 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 | English drama -- 17th century |
| dc.subject.other | Plays |
| dc.title | The tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy : 1623 / John Webster |
| dc.title.alternative | The Duchess of Malfi : [1623] |
| dc.type | Text |
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| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 149464 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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<TITLE THE TRAGEDY OF THE DUTCHESSE OF MALFY.> WRITTEN BY JOHN WEBSTER. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE,GEORGE HARDING,BARON BARKELEY,OF BARKELEY CASTLE AND KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF THE BATHE TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE CHARLES. MY NOBLE LORD, THAT I MAY PRESENT MY EXCUSE,WHY,(BEING A STRANGER TO YOUR LORDSHIPPE) I OFFER THIS POEM TO YOUR PATRONAGE, I PLEAD THIS WARRANT; MEN(WHO NEVER SAW THE SEA,YET DESIRE TO BEHOLD THAT REGIMENT OF WATERS,) CHOOSE SOME EMINENT RIVER, TO GUIDE THEM THITHER; AND MAKE THAT AS IT WERE,THEIR CONDUCT,OR POSTILION: BY THE LIKE INGENIOUS MEANES,HAS YOUR FAME ARRIVED AT MY KNOWLEDGE,RECEIVING IT FROM SOME OF WORTH, WHO BOTH IN CONTEMPLATION,AND PRACTISE, OWE TO YOUR HONOR THEIR CLEAREST SERVICE. I DO NOT ALTOGETHER LOOKE UP AT YOUR TITLE: THE ANCIEN'ST NOBILITY,BEING BUT A RELLIQUE OF TIME PAST,AND THE TRUEST HONOR INDEEDE BEEING FOR A MAN TO CONFERRE HONOR ON HIMSELFE, WHICH YOUR LEARNING STRIVES TO PROPAGATE, AND SHALL MAKE YOU ARRIVE AT THE DIGNITY OF A GREAT EXAMPLE. . . .
