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THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY
OF AMERICA
RENAISSANCE TEXT SERIES IV
TWO LATIN COMEDIES
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TWO LATIN COMEDIES
BY JOHN FOXE
THE MARTYROLOGIST
Titus et Gesippus Christus T riumphans
EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION,
TRANSLATION, AND NOTES BY
JOHN HAZEL SMITH
PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA BY
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
ITHACA AND LONDON
Cornell University Press, 124 Roberts Place, Ithaca, New York 14850.
First published 1973 by Cornell University Press.
Published in the United Kingdom by Cornell University Press Ltd., 2-4 Brook Street, London W1Y 1AA.
International Standard Book Number 0-801 4-0730-3 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-3950
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Printed in the United States of America Librarians: Library of Congress cataloging information appears on the last page of the book.
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Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction The Biographical Environment of Titus et Gesippus
I Titus et Gesippus
The Biographical Environment of Christus Triumphans
Christus Triumphans
The Texts
Titus et Gesippus Latin text and English translation (on facing pages) 5I Christus Triumphans Latin text and English translation (on facing pages)
T99 Textual Notes
Notes to Titus et Gesippus
Notes to Christus Triumphans
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Illustrations John Foxe at about age seventy (from Henry Holland, Herwologia,
[Short Title Catalogue, No.
13582], EX201).
Jrontispiece 1. The opening lines of Titus et Gesippus (Lansdowne MS. 388, fire.)
2. The title page of the first edition of Christus Triumphans (1556)
3. The Periocha and the opening lines of Act I, Scene r, of Christus Triumphans, draft version (Lansdowne MS. 1045, f. 132)
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