Copy of Sapientia Solomonis drama comicotragicum, ca. 1566.

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Copy of Sapientia Solomonis drama comicotragicum, ca. 1566.

Latin play in 5 acts with prologue and epilogue, presented before Queen Elizabeth by the boys of Westminster School on January 17, 1565/6. Text is the same as British Library Add MS 20061, which has been edited by E.R. Payne, 1938, with the variants from Birck's original play (printed in Dramata sacra, 1547).

30 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7253621

Folger Shakespeare Library

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