The School of Shakspere - 2 Author:William Shakespeare Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Original Publisher: Chatto and Windus Subjects: Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or miss... more »ing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Entertainement, o a THE COMEDIE OFPAsaviLAND Katherine. As it hath beene fundry times plaid by the Children of Powles, Newly corrected. London, Printed by W. Stansby, for Philip Knight, and are to be fold at his fhop in Chancery-Lane, oucr againft the Roles. i 6 i 6. [THE STORY OF THE PLAY.] [this play is a comedy of character and intrigue, whose scene is laid in the London suburb of High-gate. The second title -- the Comedie of "Pastratlahd Katherine -- describes the principal story of the playback Drum's doings being quite subordinate. Sir Edward Fortune has two daughters. The eldest, Camelia, is wooed by Brabant junior, a Court gallant, and John Ellis, a doltish, rich yeoman. She is tickle, and turns from one to the other, and then from both to Planet, a good-natured cynic, and friend to Brabant junior. Katherine, the younger daughter, is as constant as her sister is fiekle. Two of her suitors are Pasquil, a romantic youth, and Mamon, an old usurer. Mamon, being rejected, hires a Frenchman to murder his rival, Pasquil. The Fcenchman discloses the plot to Pasquil, who lies down ana feigns death."' Katherine, thinking her lover dead, leaves home in despair. After a 'time, Pasquil finds her; but Mamon now determines to deprive Pasquil of the love he cannot win for himself by destroying Katherine. He throws ' oile of Toades' over her, upon which she warns Pasquil away from her as from a doomed woman. Pasquil then tears up Mamon's ' inden...« less