Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'AmboisChapman, George
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Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
Chapman, George
Bussy d'Amboise, 1549?-1579 -- Drama; English drama -- 17th century; Revenge -- Drama; Tragedies (Drama)
=warning peece=, a shot discharged as a signal.
=weather=, tempestuous commotion.
=weed=, garment.
=witty=, intelligent.
=wrack=, wreck.
=wreak=, revenge.
=unready=, undressed.
=vennie=, bout at fencing.
Transcriber's Note:
No changes have been made to spelling or punctuation in the plays.
The following corrections have been made to notes and commentary:
page xxxiv--"sequel to his most popular[original has popuular]
play"
page xxxvii--"et Monsorellum transactum fuit."[original is
missing ending quotation mark]
page xl--"well-known passage (II, i[original has 1], 205 ff.)"
page 298--added missing ending quotation mark in note =188=,
335-42.
The following words used an oe ligature in the original:
Noevius Oetaeus
oeil Phoenician
Oeta
Superscripted letters have been ignored.
The following words were hyphenated across line breaks. They have been
rejoined and moved to the upper line. A dash indicates where the word
was broken in the original.
Act I. Sc. II., lines 106-7: mis-tresse
Act I. Sc. II., lines 200-1: him-selfe
Act III. Sc. II, lines 190-1: re-membred
Act III. Sc. II, lines 288-9: in-quisition
Act III. Sc. II, lines 292-3: there-fore
Dedication Letter to Revenge, lines 1-2: es-teemed
Dedication Letter to Revenge, lines 6-7: dedica-tion
Dedication Letter to Revenge, lines 8-9: great-nesse
Dedication Letter to Revenge, lines 14-15: judge-ments
Dedication Letter to Revenge, lines 21-22: ele-gant
Dedication Letter to Revenge, lines 34-35: pre-sent
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Bussy D'Ambois, by George Chapman
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