title: The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker: Volume 1, Sir Thomas More: Dekker's Addition; The Shoemakers' Holiday; Old Fortunatus; Patient Grissil; Satiromastix; Sir Thomas Wyatt
author:  Thomas Dekker 
description: Originally published in 1953, this was the first edition of Dekker's plays to appear in print since the late nineteenth century. Thus, for many years prior, Dekker had been the least accessible of the prominent Elizabethan dramatists, with the result that his anthologized plays had received undue attention at the expense of other highly readable works of the second rank.
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  # The Noble Spanish Soldier
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Thomas Dekker
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  THE PRINTER TO THE READER
  
  
  ACT 1 SCENE 1
  
  
  ACT 1 SCENE 2
  
  
  ACT 2 SCENE 1
  
  
  ACT 2 SCENE 2
  
  
  ACT THREE SCENE ONE
  
  
  ACT THREE SCENE TWO
  
  
  ACT THREE SCENE THREE
  
  
  ACT FOUR SCENE ONE
  
  
  ACT FOUR SCENE TWO
  
  
  ACT FIVE SCENE ONE
  
  
  ACT FIVE SCENE TWO
  
  
  ACT FIVE SCENE THREE
  
  
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  This etext was produced by John Price, University College Worcester,
  
  
  UK.
  
  
  THE NOBLE SPANISH SOLDIER by THOMAS DEKKER
  
  
  
  
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  
  
  
  
  THOMAS DEKKER
  
  
  
  
  
  Thomas Dekker is believed to have been born in London around 1572,
  
  
  but nothing is known for certain about his youth. He embarked on a
  
  
  career as a theatre writer early in his adult life, the first
  
  
  extant
  
  
  text of his work being 'Old Fortunatus' written around 1596,
  
  
  although
  
  
  there are plays connected with his name which were performed as
  
  
  early
  
  
  a