The chances
| dc.contributor | Unknown |
| dc.contributor.author | Fletcher, John, 1579-1625 |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Cambridge |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-19T14:48:54Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-19T14:48:54Z |
| dc.date.created | 1966- |
| dc.date.issued | 1993-06-10 |
| dc.identifier | ota:1568 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/1568 |
| dc.description.abstract | "The chances" is generally considered to be the unaided work of Fletcher |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 149 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Plays -- England -- 17th century |
| dc.title | The chances |
| dc.type | Text |
| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 153042 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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<Text id=FleChan> <Author>Fletcher, John</Author> <Title>The Chances</Title> <Edition>George Walton Williams, ed. The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979</Edition> <Date>1617</Date> <body> <loc><locdoc>FleChanPro</locdoc> <div0 n=Prologue> <milestone n=628> <l n=1> Prologue.</l> <l n=2> Aptnesse for mirth to all, this instant night</l> <l n=3> Thalia hath prepar'd for your delight,</l> <l n=4> Her choice and curious Viands, in each part,</l> <l n=5> Season'd with rarities of wit, and Art;</l> <l n=6> Nor feare I to be tax'd for a vaine boast,</l> <l n=7> My promise will finde credit with the most,</l> <l n=8> When they know Ingenuous Fletcher made it, hee</l> <l n=9> Being in himselfe a perfect Comedie.</l> <l n=10> And some sit here, I doubt not, dare averre,</l> <l n=11> Living he made that house a Theater</l> <l n=12> Which he pleas'd to frequent; and thus much we</l> <l n=13> Could not but pay to his lovd memorie.</l> <l . . .
