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Why Fosbrook should have been originally for gotten, as it would seem he was, and his portion of the stock provided with a title-page which is evidently of the nature of an afterthought, there is nothing to show. Copies of this second issue are in theB odleian Library at Oxford and theB ritish Museum. All the copies mentioned are perfect, and for the purpose of the present reprint those in theB ritish Museum, Bodleian and Dyce libraries have been collated throughout. The two former are in substantial agreement: theD yce copy has both formes of sheet A in an uncorrected state: there is a curious progressive error at 1. 2481. No record of performance survives to corroborate the information supplied by the second titlepage, but from internal evidence it may be supposed to have taken place some years before publication, the style of the pky being modelled on those popular in the last decade of the sixteenth century, especially Tamburlaine and theS panish Tragedie. The complete absence of comic relief, and the exceptional number of recondite classical allusions, are in favour of the academic origin of the play, and this is perhaps further evidenced by the fact that the source, upon which the anonymous author drew, appears to have been, not Plutarch, but Appian sB ellum Civile. Appian alone (book II, chapters 113 and 117) names Bucolianus among Caesar smurderers, though Cicero mentions him twice in his letters to Atticus as Bucilianus. There is also one local reference to connect the play with Oxford, in the lines put into Caesar smouth: And I sis wept to see her daughter Thames, Chainge her cleere cristall, to vermilian sad. (11. 1278-9.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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