Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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... giants were exhibited . The Antwerp giant was , however , so intimately connected with the old legendary history of that * In 1415 , when Henry V entered London from South- wark , a male and female giant stood at the entrance of Lon ...
... giants were exhibited . The Antwerp giant was , however , so intimately connected with the old legendary history of that * In 1415 , when Henry V entered London from South- wark , a male and female giant stood at the entrance of Lon ...
Page 77
... giant three pageants ; whereas the sheriffs had only two , besides their giants . ” That they were commonly exhibited at this period also appears by a familiar allusion made in Marston's " Dutch Courtezan , " acted 1605 ; — " yet all ...
... giant three pageants ; whereas the sheriffs had only two , besides their giants . ” That they were commonly exhibited at this period also appears by a familiar allusion made in Marston's " Dutch Courtezan , " acted 1605 ; — " yet all ...
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... giants is also alluded to by him in the first scene , where he details his wanderings from Troy , until " Upon the strands of Albion , To Corus haven happily we came , And quell'd the giants , come of Albion's race , With Gogmagog , son ...
... giants is also alluded to by him in the first scene , where he details his wanderings from Troy , until " Upon the strands of Albion , To Corus haven happily we came , And quell'd the giants , come of Albion's race , With Gogmagog , son ...
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