So I was looking up various words in the dictionary the other day and I came to the word "unbe." It was used in the following sentence... "How oft, with danger of the field beset, Or with home mutinies, would he unbe Himself! --Old Pay."
Can someone tell me where this sentence came from and who is "Old Pay"
I have searched everywhere for this author? book title? or what ever it is and can not find a thing one it. This sentence definately sounds Old English or something of the sorts. Someone please help me!
2007-02-24 12:49:47 · 2 answers · asked by medicfreak 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Old Pay should be "old play"
The play is actually: The Tradgedy of Nero (anonymous)
http://extra.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/renplays/tragedyofnero.htm
2007-02-24 12:57:33 · answer #1 · answered by five v 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anonymous: The Tragedy of Nero (1624)
"How oft, with danger of the field beset, Or with home mutinies, would he unbe Himself!" from an Old Play
"Petronius Arbiter, author of the Satyricon, a book of tales of satire. Satire should be considered when reading this play, as some of the characters maybe likely to mimic dignitaries in the early 1620's, when we must assume Tragedy of Nero to have been written."
from :http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/emls/iemls/renplays/tragedyofnero.htm
2007-02-24 13:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋