Four Plays of Gil Vicente

Gil Vicente

Translated by Aubrey F. G. Bell

10 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

The Soul's Journey.

This play was written for the very devout Queen Lianor and played before the very powerful and noble King Manuel, her brother, by his command, in the city of Lisbon at the Ribeira palace on the night of Good Friday in the year 1508.

Argument.

As it was very necessary that there should be inns upon the roads for the repose and refreshment of weary wayfarers, so it was fitting that in this transitory life there should be an innkeeper for the refreshment and rest of the souls that go journeying to the everlasting abode of God. This innkeeper of souls is the Holy Mother Church, the table is the altar, the fare the emblems of the Passion. And this allegory is the theme of the following play.

(A table laid, with a chair. The Holy Mother Church comes with her four doctors, St Thomas, St Jerome, St Ambrose and St Augustine, who says:)

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About this edition

The words
Aubrey F. G. Bell's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 6 places
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • The play's heading repeated in capitals (the play's title row gives its title in both languages) (4 blocks)
  • Other works printed in the same volume
  • The closing line after the play (LAVS DEO / FINIS), left out as with THE END (3 blocks)
  • The source website's menus, layout and notices
  • The index