--1602;"
and, "A continuation of the lamentable and admirable Adventures of
Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, with a Declaration of all his time
employed since the Battle in Africk against the Infidels, 1578,
until this present year 1603. London, 1603." Both pieces are
reprinted in the Harleian Miscellany, Vols IV. and V.
2. The uncertainty of his fate is alluded to by Fletcher:
_Wittypate._ In what service have ye been, sir?
_Ruinous._ The first that fleshed me a soldier, sir,
Was that great battle at Alcazar, in Barbary,
Where the noble English Stukely fell, and where
The royal Portugal Sebastian ended
His untimely days.
_Wittypate._ Are you sure Sebastian died there?
_Ruinous._ Faith, sir, there was some other rumour hoped
Amongst us, that he, wounded, escaped, and touched
On his native shore again, where finding his country at home
More distressed by the invasion of the Spaniard
Than his loss abroad, forsook it, still supporting
A miserable and unfortunate life,
Which where he ended is yet uncertain.
_Wit at several Weapons._
I have printed this quotation as I find it in the edition of 1778;
though I am unable to discover what pretensions it claims to be
arranged as blank verse.
3. _Toxica zelotypo dedit uxor maecha marito,
Nec satis ad mortem credidit esse datum.
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