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The Omission of Horner:
Startlingly Different Versions

           ♥Consider the Original 1675 Text version of the play:

   

             When compared to the revised 1786 version:

    


            ♣  Note the Total Absence of Horner and extreme brevity of the second play.  The play has been totally reworked in order to omit nearly all bawdy aspects.

 


 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Constancy, by a Restoration Rake
I've Been consistent these two Days together
But Tomorrow may bring sunny Weather
                                                     ~W. Arthur Boggs
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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