= 'Schlegel, seizing with great felicity upon
an untranslateable German idiom, called the play _Der dumme Teufel_
[Schlegel's _Werke_, ed.
an untranslateable German idiom, called the play _Der dumme Teufel_
[Schlegel's _Werke_, ed.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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[868] 1 'The Epilogue. ' om. G
[869] 7 [_Exeunt. _ G
NOTES
The present edition includes whatever has been considered of value
in the notes of preceding editions. It has been the intention in
all cases to acknowledge facts and suggestions borrowed from such
sources, whether quoted verbatim, abridged, or developed. Notes
signed W. are from Whalley, G. from Gifford, C. from Cunningham.
For other abbreviations the Bibliography should be consulted.
Explanations of words and phrases are usually found only in the
Glossary. References to this play are by act, scene, and line of the
Text; other plays of Jonson are cited from the Gifford-Cunningham
edition of 1875. The references are to play, volume and page.
TITLE-PAGE.
=THE DIUELL IS AN ASSE.
= 'Schlegel, seizing with great felicity upon
an untranslateable German idiom, called the play _Der dumme Teufel_
[Schlegel's _Werke_, ed. Bocking, 6. 340]--a title which must be
allowed to be twice as good as that of the English original. The
phrase 'the Devil is an ass' appears to have been proverbial.
See Fletcher's _The Chances_, Act 5. Sc. 2:
Dost thou think
The devil such an ass as people make him? '
--Ward, _Eng. Drama_ 2. 372.
A still more important passage occurs in Dekker's _If this be not a
good Play_, a partial source of Jonson's drama:
_Scu. _ Sweete-breads I hold my life, that diuels an asse.
--Dekker, _Wks. _ 3. 328.
Jonson uses it again in _The Staple of News_, _Wks.
[868] 1 'The Epilogue. ' om. G
[869] 7 [_Exeunt. _ G
NOTES
The present edition includes whatever has been considered of value
in the notes of preceding editions. It has been the intention in
all cases to acknowledge facts and suggestions borrowed from such
sources, whether quoted verbatim, abridged, or developed. Notes
signed W. are from Whalley, G. from Gifford, C. from Cunningham.
For other abbreviations the Bibliography should be consulted.
Explanations of words and phrases are usually found only in the
Glossary. References to this play are by act, scene, and line of the
Text; other plays of Jonson are cited from the Gifford-Cunningham
edition of 1875. The references are to play, volume and page.
TITLE-PAGE.
=THE DIUELL IS AN ASSE.
= 'Schlegel, seizing with great felicity upon
an untranslateable German idiom, called the play _Der dumme Teufel_
[Schlegel's _Werke_, ed. Bocking, 6. 340]--a title which must be
allowed to be twice as good as that of the English original. The
phrase 'the Devil is an ass' appears to have been proverbial.
See Fletcher's _The Chances_, Act 5. Sc. 2:
Dost thou think
The devil such an ass as people make him? '
--Ward, _Eng. Drama_ 2. 372.
A still more important passage occurs in Dekker's _If this be not a
good Play_, a partial source of Jonson's drama:
_Scu. _ Sweete-breads I hold my life, that diuels an asse.
--Dekker, _Wks. _ 3. 328.
Jonson uses it again in _The Staple of News_, _Wks.
