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Quarrel About Beards and Ifs in Shakespeare Scene
The tract cites a scene from As You Like It showing the seven stages of a quarrel and the Retort Courteous in witty dialogue. It then reports Vienna and Paris dispatches noting court entertainments, diplomatic exchanges, and printing progress including a Turkish dictionary and a new Baghdad calendar. The pieces illustrate literary humor alongside early modern cultural and political notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Duke Sen
Bolt
Metastasio
Laureat
M. Bibiena
Bamberg
Wurtzburg
Empire
Elector of
Mentz
Leypsick
N.S
Mustapha Effendi
Vienna
Constantinople
Bagdat
Babylon
Paris
Versailles
le Pelletier
de Maisons
M. Soyer