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 PR 2739.R4A7 1908 
 
 The play of Wit and Science, 
 
 3 1924 013 134 097 
 
Cl)e Cuaor jFacsimtlc Certs 
 Cl)e i&laj» of 
 
 IBHit anlj Science 
 Mit & Science d 
 
 Z)i3:/e of Compositioti, c. 1550 
 Reproduced in Facsimile, 1908 
 
%i)t Cutior jFacgtmtle Ceytg 
 
 Under the Supervision and Editorship of 
 JOHN S. FARMER 
 
 CI)e 3Plaj) of 
 
 Wit anti Science 
 
 Made by MASTER JOHN REDFORD 
 
 [^- 1550] 
 
 Issued for Subscribers by 
 
 T. C. & E. C. JACK, 16 HENRIETTA STREET 
 
 LONDON, W.C. : AND EDINBURGH 
 
 MCMVIII 
 
 T) 
 /2A-VY 
 
Clje i^lap of 
 
 Wiit anil Science 
 
 Made by MASTER JOHN REDFORD 
 
 This facsimile is taken from the original manuscript in the 
 British Museum (Press-mark^ Add. MSS. 15233, folios 
 1 1-27). No early printed copy has at present been found, 
 but in all probability the manuscript is in John Redford's 
 own handwriting : at all events the script is that of the 
 middle of the sixteenth century, say 1530-50. The original 
 is in the unusual form of a memorandum book, the lines 
 running across the short width of the page, so that " the 
 gutter " is, in the original, at the top of the page, and not, 
 as in this facsimile, in the left-hand margin. It was pur- 
 chased for the nation at the sale of the Bright MSS. in 
 1844. The binding is without doubt contemporary with the 
 manuscript, and is still in excellent condition though it has 
 apparently been patched here and there. 
 
 It is somewhat curious that nowhere in the British Museum 
 Catalogue does Redford's name occur; this play has never been 
 catalogued as his therein, though his name appears both in the 
 MS. and in the reprint made for the Shakespeare Society 
 {B.M. Press-mark, Ac. 9485. 33). 
 
 John Redford, musician, poet and writer of interludes. 
 
was organist and almoner of St. Paul' s. Tusser in his auto- 
 biographical poem mentions him as " master of the children 
 of St. Paul's" about 1535. His instrumental works are well 
 known — mainly florid counterpoint upon a plain song. As 
 " master of the children " // was part of his duty to provide 
 dramatic entertainments ; and probably " The Play of Wit and 
 Science " was written for, and played by, his " children.'' 
 The date of Redford's death is unknown ; but as Sebastian 
 Westcott was " master of the children of St. Paul's " in 1559, 
 probably Redford had died before that date. 
 
 The tnanuscript book containing the original of this fac- 
 simile includes also some musical sketches [possibly memoranda 
 only) , and fragments of two other moralities, one of them in 
 Redford' s name. 
 
 Amongst these " odds and ends" however, but quite 
 apart from the play itself are three songs, each ear-marked 
 respectively " The fyrst song [" The ij song," " The thyrd 
 Song "] in the play of Science." In this facsimile these songs 
 are given as nearly as may be (i.e. without regard to the 
 miscellaneous matter just referred to) in the same position as 
 they occur in the original manuscript volume. Thus they 
 will be found in this facsimile at the end of the play proper. 
 
 The student will readily observe that the place of these 
 songs in the play is as follows : — 
 
 (i) The first song, " Gyve place to Honest Recreacion" 
 
 comes in on page 7 of the text between the words " and so 
 
 make an end" {last line but one of the stage direction at the 
 
 foot of the page), and " and than honest recreacion sayth 
 
 as folowyth " {end of last line but one, and last line of page) . 
 
(a) The second song occurs on page 19 oj the text of 
 this facsimile, at line i 5, where it is plainly placed by the 
 words, '■'■Here the[y] Syng Excedynge Me sure." 
 
 (3) The third song occurs on page 31 of this facsimile 
 in the middle of the stage direction half way down the page, 
 after the words, " and answer evre second verse." 
 
 Mr. J. A. Herbert, of the Manuscript Department of 
 the British Museum, on comparing this facsimile with the 
 original inanuscript , reports that " the reproduction has again 
 been excelleiitly carried out : " the extra " sharpness " now 
 observable in these facsimiles is doubtless due to the more suit- 
 able paper being used for the purpose. Only in two or three 
 instances^ and that to a trivial extent, is this reprint anything 
 but as clear as the original. Moreover, owing to the form 
 of the original, and also to the fact that the MS. does not 
 consist, as is frequently the case, of loose sheets subsequently 
 bound together in a more or less careless fashion, there are no 
 " cut " margins and no " nipped" words. 
 
 JOHN S. FARMER. 
 
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