1. Fabula (Latin entry by Thomas Cooper 1565, fol. aaa5r)

   Fabula, fabulæ, pen. cor. a fando dicta, vt ait Varro. A fable: a tale: an interlude or comedie.
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   ¶ Fabula. Terent. A comedie: a playe.
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   Agere fabulam. Cic. To play a comedie or enterlude.
   Conficere totam fabulam. Cic. To make out the whole comedie.
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   Peragere fabulam. Cic. To play out an enterlude to the end: to passe the whole course of his life.
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   Fabula palliata. A comedie in greeke.
   Fabula togata. A comedie in latine.
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2. fabula (Latin entry by Thomas Thomas 1587)

   Fabula, ae, f. g. A fable, a tale, not true, but likely: a feigned devise: an enterlude or comedie: a talking or mocking stocke.

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