Life and Works of Robert Greene, Vol. 13: Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay, the History of Orlando Furioso, the Scottish Histories of James the Fourth, the Comicall Historie of Alphonsus, King of Arragon

Excerpt from The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene, M. A, Vol. 13 of 14: Plays; Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay; The Historie of Orlando Furioso; The Scottish Historie of James the Fourth; The Comicall Historie of Alphonsus, King of Arragon, 1594 1599 Might it pleafe you But thinck Sir of our honefi fervices (i dare not terme them equall) and but waigh well, In which I know your Grace a perfee’t mafier, Your judgment excellent, – and then but tell us And truly (which I know your goodnes will doe) Why fhould we {eeme fo poore, f0 undertrodden And though not trufted with the State and Councell, Why fo unable vallued. Pardon, great Sir, If thofe complaine who feele the waight of envy, If fnch poore trod on wormes make {how to tume againe. Nor is it we that feele, I hope, nor you Sir, That gives the cullour of this difference Rumour.has many tongues but few fpeak truth We feele not onely, – 1f we did ’twere happie Our Cuntry, Sir, our Cuntrie beares the blow too. 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.”