Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida 1584

The history of Agamemnon and Ulisses dated Dec, 27, 1584
"presented and enacted before her maiestie by the Earl of Oxenford his boyes on St. John's Daie at night at Greenwich."
Magnificent speeches of Ulysses
The question of "degree"
"potato" first mentioned after Raleigh's 1584 expeditions
"truth", the Vere family motto, "Vero nihil verius", nothing truer than truth
Arguments between the factions of Leicester and Burghley about the involvement in the Netherlands.

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