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Prologue and epilogue, to the last new play; Constantine the Great
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/86766357
Description	First line reads: What think ye meant wise providence, when first. In one column, with the epilogue printed on the verso. The prologue to the play by Nathaniel Lee was written by Thomas Otway; the epilogue by John Dryden.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.3414
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1683 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Theatrical productions Plays (performed works)
Person / organisation:	Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685 [Author] Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692 [Author] Dryden, John, 1631-1700 [Author] Corbet, Charles, active 1683-1685 [Bookseller] Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 [Subject of text]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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