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King Cambisis Persia Lamentable Tragedy Mixed Full Mirth

Front Cambisis, King of Persia
Back a lamentable tragedy mixed full of mirth
1569
Thomas Preston
Cambisis is erratic as well as vengeful, sinking into madness and dying exactly as had been predicted by a deceitful oracle
rhyming couplets composed of seven iambic feet
this play comes from Falstaff's warning that 'I must speak in passion, and I will do it in King Cambyses' vein'

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