Excerpt from The Contention Between Liberality and Prodigality, 1602 It is however quite possible that the piece may have been no more than a revision of a much earlier work. The type is certainly archaic, and there is some indication of differences in the composition. A play called Prodz'galz't is mentioned in a warrant for pa ment of 1 - 8 preserved] in the Record ohice. The fact t at in the course of the play we frequentlyfind the (meen referred to as the Prince has su gested the idea that the original may have been as old as t e reign of Edward VI. The inference is hardly justified. In most cases prince can quite naturally refer to Elizabeth, and although the phrase the Prince her selfe (l. 66 9) is a little unexpected, it seems hardly reasonable to suppose that a reviser altering him to her would not also have altered Prince to Qreen had it been felt to be inapplicable, while if it was felt to be applicable there is no reason to suppose it was not original. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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