[441]Nothing could be falser than the hesitation and arguments of Schiller's "William Tell"; for a contrast, see Goethe's "Goetz von Berlichingen." In 1377, Wycliff pleaded in St. Paul's before the bishop of London, and that raised a quarrel. The Duke of Lancaster, Wycliff's protector, "threatened to drag the bishop out of the church by the hair"; and next day the furious crowd sacked the duke's palace.
[442]Marlowe, "Edward the Second," I. p. 173.
[443]Ibid. p. 186.
[444]Ibid. p. 188.
[445]Marlowe, "Edward the Second," last scene, p. 288.
[446]Marlowe, "Doctor Faustus," I. p. 9 et passim.
[447]Marlowe, "Doctor Faustus," I. pp. 22, 29.
[448]Ibid. p. 43.
[449]Marlowe, "Doctor Faustus," I. p. 37.
[450]Ibid. p. 75.