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Creator: Simon Forman
Title: The Bocke of Plaies and Notes therof per forman for Common Pollicie
Date: 1611
Repository: Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Call number and opening: MS Ashmole 208, fol. 200-207v
[fol. 206r]
Of Cymbeline, King of England
Remember also the story of Cymbeline, king of England in Lucius's time: how Lucius came from Octavius Caesar for tribute and being denied, after sent Lucius with a great army of soldiers who landed at Milford Haven, and after were vanquished by Cymbeline, and Lucius taken prisoner, and all by means of 3 outlaws of the which 2 of them were the sons of Cymbeline stolen from him when they were but 2 years old by an old man whom Cymbeline banished, and he kept them as his own sons 20 years with him in a cave. And how of them slew Clotan that was the queen's son going to Milford Haven to seek the love of Innogen, the king's daughter, whom he had banished also for loving his daughter. And how the Italian, that came from her love, conveyed himself into a chest and said it was a chest of plate sent from her love and others to be presented to the king. And in the deepest of the night she being asleep, he opened the chest and came forth of it, and viewed her in her bed and the marks of her body and took away her bracelet, and after accused her of adultery to her love, etc.
And in the end how he came with the Romans into England and was taken prisoner and after revealed to Innogen, who had turned herself into man's apparel and fled to meet her love at Milford Haven and chanced to fall on the cave in the woods where her 2 brothers were, and how by eating a sleeping dram they thought she had been dead and laid her in the woods and the body of Cloten by her in her love's apparel that he left behind him and how she was found by Lucius, etc.
[fol. 206r]
of Cimbalin king of England
Remember also the storri of Cymbalin King
of England in Lucius tyme howe lucius
Cam from octauus Cesar for Tribut and
being denied. after sent Lucius with a greate
Arme of Souldiars who landed at milford
hauen. and Affter wer vanquished by Cim=
balin/ and Lucius taken prisoner and all
by means of 3 outlawes of the which 2 of them
were the sonns of Cimbalin stolen from
him when they were but 2 yers old. by an
old man whom Cymbalin banished. and
he kept them as his own sonns 20 yers with
him in A cave. And howe of of [sic] them slewe
Clotan that was the quens sonn goinge
To milford hauen to seke the loue of Innogen
the kinges daughter whom he had banished also
for louing his daughter. and howe the Italian
that cam from her loue. conveied him self
into A Cheste and said yt was a chest of plate
sent from her loue & others to be presented to the
Kinge. And in the depest of the night she be
ing aslepe. he opened the cheste & cam forth
of yt. And vewed her in her bed and the
markes of her body. & toke a wai her braslet
& after Accused her of adultery to her loue &c
And in thend howe he came with the Romaines into
England & was taken prisoner and after
Reveled to Innogen. who had turned her
self into mans apparrell & fled to mete
her loue at milford hauen & chanchsed to
fall on the Caue in the wodes wher her 2
brothers were & howe by eating a sleping
Dram they thought she had bin deed & laid
her in the wodes & the body of cloten by her.
in her loues apparrell that he left behind him
& howe she was found by lucius &c.
