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Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis, Ane, in Commendatioun of Vertew and Vituperatioun of Vyce

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Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis, Ane, in Commendatioun of Vertew and Vituperatioun of Vyce, a morality play by Sir D. Lindsay, produced 1540.

Pt I represents the temptation of Rex Humanitas by Sensuality, Wantonness, Solace, and other evil companions, while Good Counsel is hustled away, Verity is put in the stocks, and Chastity is warned off. Pt II presents the Three Estates summoned before the king, and their misdeeds denounced by John the Common Weal. The Lords and Commons repent, but the clergy remain impenitent, are exposed, and the malefactors brought to the scaffold.

The play, which is extremely long and exists in three different versions, is written in various metres. As a dramatic representation, it is in advance of all contemporary English plays, and gives an interesting picture of the Scottish life of the time.

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