The Plays and Poems of William HemingeFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2006 - 471 pages Containing his complete works, this text offers a biography of William Heminge, the son of Shakespeare's colleague John Heminge. It also includes texts of his two surviving tragedies, and the small group of poems assigned to him in contemporary manuscripts. |
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Page 9 - The third requisite in our poet, or maker, is imitation: to be able to convert the substance or riches of another poet to his own use. To make choice of one excellent man above the rest, and so to follow him till he grow very he, or so like him as the copy may be mistaken for the principal.
Page 12 - Then vanish upstart Writers to each Stage, You needy Poetasters of this Age, Where Shakespeare liv'd or spake, Vermine forbeare, Least with your froth you spot them, come not neere; But if you needs must write, if poverty So pinch, that otherwise you starve and die, On Gods name may the Bull or Cockpit have Your lame blancke Verse, to keepe you from the grave: Or let new Fortunes younger brethren see, What they can picke from your leane industry.
Page 89 - The / Jewes / Tragedy, / Or, / Their Fatal and Final "/ Overthrow / By / Vespatian and Titus his Son. / Agreeable / To the Authentick and Famous History / of losephus.
Page 86 - Jewe, as it hath beene, of late, divers times publiquely acted, with great applause, at the Red Bull, by the company of His Majesties Revels.
Page 88 - Vindiciae Judaeorum, or a letter in answer to certain questions propounded by a noble and learned Gentleman, touching the reproaches cast on the Nation of the Jews, wherein all objections are candidly and yet fully cleared' did more than any other of his writings to perpetuate the name of Menasseh ben Israel.
Page 399 - Because that his money doth many times faile, Will hit on the vein to make a good strain, If he be but inspir'd with a pot of good ale.
Page 403 - The fluente Flettcher, Beaumonte riche In sence for Complement and Courtshypes quintesence, Ingenious Shakespeare, Messenger that knowes the strength to wright or plott In verse or prose, Whose easye pegasus Can Ambell ore some threscore Myles of fancye In an hower, Clowd grapling Chapman whose Aeriall mynde Scares att philosophie and strickes ytt blynd, Dauborne I had forgott, and lett ytt bee, hee dyed Amphybion by thy Ministrye. [William Hemminge's Elegy on Randolph's Finger, ed.
Page 86 - It is a poem, that, if I well remember, in your lordship's sight, suffered no less violence from our people here, than the subject of it did from the rage of the people of Rome...
Page 66 - Oh, thou god, Thou feared god, if ever to thy justice Insulting wrongs. and ravishments of women, (Women derived from thee) their shames, the sufferings Of those that daily fill'd thy sacrifice With virgin incense, have access, now hear me ! Now snatch thy thunder up, now on these Romans, Despisers of thy power, of us defacers, Revenge thyself; take to thy killing anger, To make thy great work full, thy...