The Elder Brother

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Beaumont Francis. The Elder Brother

NOTE:

THE ELDER BROTHER, A COMEDY

LECTORI

ACTUS PRIMUS. SCENA PRIMA

ACTUS I. SCENA II

ACTUS SE[C]UNDUS. SCENA PRIMA

ACTUS II. SCENA II

ACTUS II. SCENA III

ACTUS II. SCENA IV

ACTUS TERTIUS. SCENA PRIMA

ACTUS III. SCENA II

ACTUS III. SCENA III

ACTUS III. SCENA IV

ACTUS III. SCENA V

ACTUS QUARTUS. SCENA PRIMA

ACTUS IV. SCENA II

ACTUS IV. SCENA III

ACTUS IV. SCENA IV

ACTUS QUINTUS. SCENA PRIMA

ACTUS V. SCENA II

APPENDIX

THE ELDER BROTHER: VARIANTS IN THE QUARTOS

APPENDIX

THE ELDER BROTHER: VARIANTS IN THE EGERTON MS

THE SPANISH CURATE

APPENDIX

THE ELDER BROTHER IN VERSE, FROM THE QUARTO OF 1637 (A)

Actus I. Scena I

Actus I. Scena II

Actus 2. Scena I

Actus II. Scaena II

Actus II. Scena III

Actus II. Scaena IV

Actus 3. Scena 1

Actus III. Scaena II

Actus III. Scoena III

Actus III. Scaena IV

Actus III. Scaena V

Actus 4. Scaena 1

Actus IV. Scaena II

Actus IV. Scaena III

Actus IV. Scaena IV

Actus 5. Scaena 1

Actus V. Scaena II

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The text of the present volume was passed for press by Arnold Glover and some progress had been made in his lifetime in the collection of the material given in the Appendix. Mrs. Glover's help has again been most valuable in the completion of the work.

The Elder Brother is printed entirely in prose in the Second Folio, and I have therefore printed in the Appendix the play in verse, as it appeared in the First Quarto. The case is an interesting one, and readers will be glad, I think, to have both forms in the same volume.

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Bri. But can you find among your bundle of Books (and put in all your Dictionaries that speak all Tongues) what pleasure they enjoy, that do embrace a well-shap'd wealthy Bride? Answer me that.

Bri. You resolve then ne'er to make payment of the debt you owe me.

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