Ian Lancashire
University of Toronto
for the Shakespeare Association of America
San Francisco 1999
comicall, handled merily like a comedie
COMICAL: Comicall. That which pertaineth to Comedies: also pleasant or merry.
COMICAL: Comical (comicus) pertaining to, or which is handled in Comedies : also pleasant or merry. The Ancient Grecians and Romans had four sorts of Stage{}Plays, |viz. | Mimical, Satyrical, Tragical, and Comical. Of which see more in |Mr. | Godwins Anthologie, chap. de Luddis.
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