...of Cordova, dead, To life againe, to heare thy Buskin tread, And shake a Stage : Or, when thy Sockes were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece, or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britaine ! thou hast one...

...of Cordova dead. To life againe, to heare thy Buskin tread And shake a Stage : Or, when thy Sockes were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. BEN JONSON. • . . SHAKESPEARE^ COMEDYOP...

...thundering JEschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or when thy shocks come on, Leave thee alone ; for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent...

...too long to insert, not only is Shakespere as a dramatist, placed above Lylly and Marlowe, but — " all that insolent Greece, or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come." And then he continues, — . . . . " Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue, even so the race...

...would not seek For names; but call forth thund'ring Aeschylus. Euripides, and Sophocles to us. ... Or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone, for...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. In Milton's four lines we seem to find several aspects of Jonson which are daunting to the general...

...the actor with the author, for such an expression as occurs in the following: — Or when thy Sockes were on Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come, — might be claimed to be a mere figure...

...tread And shake a scène : or when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for thé comparison Of ail, that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes corne. Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show, To whom ail scènes of Europe homage owe. He was...

...thundering /Eschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Facuvius, Accius, him of Cordoba dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage; or when thy socks were on, Leave thec alone, for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did...

...of Cordova dead, To life againe, to heare thy Buskin tread, And shake a Stage: Or, when thy Sockes were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece, or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from the ashes come. (Ungathered Verse, 26. 25-40) Modern readers...

...of Cordova dead, To life againe, to heare thy Buskin tread, And shake a Stage: Or, when thy Sockes were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece, or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Thyestes: At a banquet Thyestes was served...