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Cymbeline

(Encyclopedia) CymbelineCymbelinesĭmˈbəlēn [key] or CunobelinusCymbelineky&oomacr;ˌnōbĭlīˈnəs [key], d. c.a.d. 40, British king. His conquest of the Trinovantes (of Essex) reportedly made him the…

Caractacus

(Encyclopedia) CaractacusCaractacuskərăkˈtəkəs [key] or CaradocCaradockərădˈək [key], fl. a.d. 50, British king; son of Cymbeline. After the Roman invasion of a.d. 43, he led British resistance until…

Holinshed, Raphael

(Encyclopedia) Holinshed, RaphaelHolinshed, Raphaelhŏlˈĭnz-hĕdˌ, hŏlˈĭn-shĕdˌ [key], d. c.1580, English chronicler. He was a translator who also assisted Reginald Wolfe in the preparation of a…

Brewer's: Cymbeline

(See Imogen, Zineura.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CymochlesCyllaros A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline

ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIAct IIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIScene VIIAct IVScene…

Layamon

(Encyclopedia) LayamonLayamonlāˈəmən, –mŏn, līˈ– [key], fl. c.1200, first prominent Middle English poet. He described himself as a humble priest attached to the church at Ernley (Arley Regis) near…

Tales from Shakespeare: Cymbeline

Cymbeline During the time of Augustus Caesar, Emperor of Rome, there reigned in England (which was then called Britain) a king whose name was Cymbeline. Cymbeline's first wife died when his…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act I

Act IScene IBritain. The garden of Cymbeline's palaceEnter two GentlemenFirst GentlemanYou do not meet a man but frowns: our bloods No more obey the heavens than our courtiers Still seem as…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act V

Act VScene IBritain. The Roman campEnter Posthumus, with a bloody handkerchiefPosthumus LeonatusYea, bloody cloth, I'll keep thee, for I wish'd Thou shouldst be colour'd thus. You married…