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The third part of this Es $ ay is aatpa s $ sfo ? w &it t ^ no / . ; roWCB ^ Sf WfS ^ ei fikely to ftf ^ fP ^ hS establish rae ' nt of the minstrel profession in this kipgr £ >* iMH $ W # ^ h"& # ) Ri toeJrofc ^ jfA bart are given various instances oif the consequence to wHli ^^' t ^ o ^ ei- M Wen * at . ¦
tallied ; < ** " iSe * Priory and Hos . jftt ^^ Sv Jmt t htAdnie ^ in Smith . field , " being foiinded by " the Mrig * s fahistfel in 11 $ &" Ant / , about a century after , another is cSf ^ & idtjdd as a favourite courtier
of Rffchard the ., First , whose place of captivity , be discovered by means of the liberty of access allowed to ^ his profession . The following parts bring down tWfcistory of English minstrelsy tcrthesiseof Elizabeth , who M was
cntert&iried at Killingworth castle , Bjrffie fiarf of Leicester , in 1575 ;" whfiti , among the many devices at ^ pageants , * ' was contrived t ^ he teWeaentation of iC an antient
ti&h $ trcl ; minutely described by a ^ tf ^ r re present , " and since repyi ° nted in the * ' Collection of C ^ e ^ i Elizabeth ' s progresses /' Ci
Tttfc Essayist a . dds that towards t ^ ehd ^ t ] i e l 4 > th century , this cla ^ s of men bad lost all credit , and were sunk so low in the .
pub-Iic ? 9 pini 6 h thiat , in 1 5 ^ 79 a statute was parsed 9 by which , minstrels W&ndcriHg abroad were included idi 0 r * g rogues , vagabonds and * riim fc $ g ( P * t *?* . ii . ) The ~ second book of the first volume is devoted to u Ballads
that illustrate Shakespeare / ' introduced by ^ n Essay ^ on % Ol ^ gtn of ft * ^ tn ^ ' rMMfr " Taw Bstf ^ y dfj $ play& a Va'ritoqr 9 f w ** # ¦* r ^ searck , tracing s 4 * tbe ortgife or at ; least K « v | yM » ' j&f diim * tic p < % tty , totnosereligion * , ^ " — - \ . ^ > . n . ' ) r . . * J h . t t \ . j . - ja . x ¦ ' - v i
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shews which in , the < Jar ^ ^ ge §^ were usually exhibited on $$ & ? more solemn festivals /* when' " -as the most mysterious subjects \ Veic <^ frequently chosen ^ such as , th ^ incarnation , passion and resitir-. rection of Christ , thtseexhibition ^ acquired the general qagie , eg mysteries' *"* ( P . 123 . ) As tbfi ^ g
** frequently required the , repxe ^ siritation of some allegorical p er ^ son age , such as Dtafh ^ Sin Charity , Fait / i , and the like ^ b j £ degrees' the rude poets of these unlettered' ages began , to f < i ?| il
coinpleat dramatic . pieces , \ ccy }^ sis ring entirely of such p ' ersQQi ]^* cations- k These they , entijti g ^ Moral [ Plays * or Moralities . (^ 130 . ) We subjoin ^ as a cuijio ^ tj ^ Mr , Percy ' s ** short an ^ Tysj ^ 'l of one <» f these inoralitiesj " grjifl ^ ed early in the reign of li e ^ ry ^ j ?
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JJter&rv Memoir of Dr . Jper ^ jf , late Bishop of Drxtmort 67
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 67, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/3/
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