The Works of John Marston. Volume 1

Name: The Works of John Marston. Volume 1
Author: Marston, John

Marston, John

English drama -- 17th century

Your modest silence, full of heedy stillness,
  Makes me thus speak: a voluntary illness
  Is merely[583] senseless; but unwilling error,
  Such as proceeds from too rash youthful fervour,
  May well be call'd a fault, but not a sin:
  Rivers take names from founts where they begin.
  Then let not too severe an eye peruse
  The slighter brakes[584] of our reformèd Muse,
  Who could herself herself of faults detect,
  But that she knows 'tis easy to correct,                         10
  Though some men's labour: troth, to err is fit,
  As long as wisdom's not profess'd, but wit.
  Then till another's happier Muse appears,[585]
  Till his Thalia feast your learnèd ears,
  To whose desertful lamps pleased Fates impart
  Art above nature, judgment above art,
  Receive this piece, which hope nor fear yet daunteth:
  He that knows most knows most how much he wanteth.


     [583] Wholly.

     [584] Clearly another form of _bracks_, _i.e._, cracks, flaws.

     [585] A fine compliment to Ben Jonson.




                           END OF VOL. I.

               PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
                       EDINBURGH AND LONDON.




                        Transcriber's Note:

Minor punctuation errors were corrected. Footnotes were renumbered
sequentially and were moved to follow the section of text or scene of
the play in which the related anchors occur. Phrases in Greek have
been transliterated. Words in italics are surrounded by underscores,
_like this_. Superscripted letters are preceded by a carat, li^{ke}
thi^s. The text of prose portions of plays was not wrapped, to
maintain the line numbers.

Anomolies noted and retained unchanged:

  Both the prologue and the first scene of Act V of "Antonio's
    Revenge" are identified as "Scene 1."
  Footnotes [78], [237], and [478] each have two anchors that refer to
    the note.
  Line counts in the original do not appear to be accurate in several
    places.

Changes to text:

  Introduction - 'indentified' to 'identified'
     ... he is to be identified with ...
  First part of Antonio and Mellida, Act III, Scene 1, line 113:
    duplicate "myself" removed from
      ... Well, ere yon sun set, I'll show myself myself,...
  The Malcontent, Act V, Scene 3, line 88:
    duplicate "a" removed from
       ... Life is a a frost of cold felicity,...





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The Works of John Marston. Volume 1

Marston, John

English drama -- 17th century

Your modest silence, full of heedy stillness,
  Makes me thus speak: a voluntary illness
  Is merely[583] senseless; but unwilling error,
  Such as proceeds from too rash youthful fervour,
  May well be call'd a fault, but not a sin:
  Rivers take names from founts where they begin.
  Then let not too severe an eye peruse
  The slighter brakes[584] of our reformèd Muse,
  Who could herself herself of faults detect,
  But that she knows 'tis easy to correct,                         10
  Though some men's labour: troth, to err is fit,
  As long as wisdom's not profess'd, but wit.
  Then till another's happier Muse appears,[585]
  Till his Thalia feast your learnèd ears,
  To whose desertful lamps pleased Fates impart
  Art above nature, judgment above art,
  Receive this piece, which hope nor fear yet daunteth:
  He that knows most knows most how much he wanteth.


     [583] Wholly.

     [584] Clearly another form of _bracks_, _i.e._, cracks, flaws.

     [585] A fine compliment to Ben Jonson.




                           END OF VOL. I.

               PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
                       EDINBURGH AND LONDON.




                        Transcriber's Note:

Minor punctuation errors were corrected. Footnotes were renumbered
sequentially and were moved to follow the section of text or scene of
the play in which the related anchors occur. Phrases in Greek have
been transliterated. Words in italics are surrounded by underscores,
_like this_. Superscripted letters are preceded by a carat, li^{ke}
thi^s. The text of prose portions of plays was not wrapped, to
maintain the line numbers.

Anomolies noted and retained unchanged:

  Both the prologue and the first scene of Act V of "Antonio's
    Revenge" are identified as "Scene 1."
  Footnotes [78], [237], and [478] each have two anchors that refer to
    the note.
  Line counts in the original do not appear to be accurate in several
    places.

Changes to text:

  Introduction - 'indentified' to 'identified'
     ... he is to be identified with ...
  First part of Antonio and Mellida, Act III, Scene 1, line 113:
    duplicate "myself" removed from
      ... Well, ere yon sun set, I'll show myself myself,...
  The Malcontent, Act V, Scene 3, line 88:
    duplicate "a" removed from
       ... Life is a a frost of cold felicity,...





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