A Stage-play.
Ludus Scenicus.
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In a _Play-house_, 1.
(which is trimmed
with _Hangings_, 2. and
covered with _Curtains_, 3.)
In _Theatro_, 1.
(quod vestitur
_Tapetibus_, 2. &
tegitur _Sipariis_, 3.)
_Comedies_ and _Tragedies_
are acted,
wherein memorable things
are represented;
_Comediæ_ vel _Tragœdiæ_
aguntur,
quibus repræsentantur
res memorabiles
as here, the History
of the _Prodigal Son_, 4.
and his _Father_, 5.
by whom he is entertain’d,
being return’d home.
ut hic, Historia
de _Filio Prodigo_, 4.
& _Patre_, 5. ipsius,
à quo recipitur,
domum redux.
The _Players_ act
being in disguise;
the _Fool_, 6. maketh Jests.
_Actores_ (_Histriones_) agunt
personati;
_Morio_, 6. dat Jocos.
The chief of the Spectators
sit in the _Gallery_, 7.
the common sort stand
on the _Ground_, 8.
Spectatorum primarii,
sedent in _Orchestra_, 7.
plebs stat
in _Cavea_, 8.
and clap the hands,
if anything please them.
& plaudit,
si quid arridet.