Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.

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Title
Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
Author
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Publication
London :: Printed by A. Warren, for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Tho. Dicas ...,
1662.
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"Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53060.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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Page 635

PROLOGUE

NOble Spectators, this play that you'l see, Is taken out of Britains History; It is not pleasant, nor yields much delight, But it did serve the Poetress to write; She bids me tell you, she was glad to take Any dull plot, so she a play could make, Her vacant idle time for to imploy; For she loves writing more than Company; But if it pleases not your Eyes or sight, She doth not care, since it pleas'd her to write; For she indeavours, tryes all that she may To please her self in every honest way; Wherefore a praise, or yet applause from you, She expects not, nor challenges as her due.
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