Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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The. When I from Thebes came last a Conqueror.
Lis. Lis.
Lis. The thrice three Muses, mourning for the death
Lis. of learning, late deceast in beggerie.
The. The.
The. That is some Satire keene and criticall,
The. Not sorting with a nuptiall ceremonie.
Lis. A tedious breefe Scene of yong Piramus,
Lis. And his loue Thisby; very tragicall mirth.
The. Merry and tragicall? Tedious, and briefe? That
The. is, hot ice, and wondrous strange snow. How shall wee
The. finde the concord of this discord?
Ege. Ege.
Ege. A play there is, my Lord, some ten words long,
Ege. Which is as breefe, as I haue knowne a play;
Ege. But by ten words, my Lord, it is too long;
Ege. Which makes it tedious. For in all the play,
Ege. There is not one word apt, one Player fitted.