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Author: Thomas Dekker
First Published: 1602
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Satire
Time of Work: c. 1100
Setting: England
Principal Characters: William Rufus, Sir Walter Terrill, Caelestine, Sir Quintilian Shorthose, Mistress Miniver, Sir Vaughan ap Rees, Sir Adam Prickshaft, Crispinus, Demetrius, Horace, Asinius Bubo, Captain Tucca
Genres: Satire, Drama
Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Widows or widowers, Twelfth century, Puns or punning
Locales: England

The Story:

While Sir Quintilian Shorthose supervised the preparations for the marriage of his daughter Caelestine, Sir Adam Prickshaft, Sir Vaughan ap Rees, and Mistress Miniver came to share in the festivities. All three knights were enamored of the widow. When the bridal party entered, Sir Walter Terrill, the groom-to-be, announced that King William Rufus would grace the wedding with his presence. The groom had sent to the poet Horace for a wedding song.

Horace was laboring by candlelight, surrounded by books, when his admiring friend Asinius Bubo visited him. Bubo...

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