title: The Nature of the Four Elements (Natura Naturata)
title_page_title: [HT] A new iuterlude and a mery of the nature of the .iiii. elementes declarynge many proper poyntes of phylosophy naturall/ and of dyuers straunge landys/ and of dyuers straunge effectes & causis/
title_page_performance: whiche interlude yf y<sup>e</sup> hole matter be playde wyl conteyne the space of an hour and a halfe/ but yf ye lyst ye may leue out muche of the sad mater as the messengers p[ar]te and some of naturys parte and some of experyens p[ar]te/ & yet the matter wyl depend conuenyently/ and than it wyll not be paste thre quarters of an hour of length.
paratext_charachter_list: "Here folow the namys of the pleyers" [A1r]
stationer_additional_notes: Imperfect copy: lacks gathering D, and all after E.
transcript_modern_spelling: A new interlude and a merry of the nature of the four elements declaring many proper points of philosophy natural and of divers strange lands and of divers strange effects and causes. Which interlude if the whole matter be played will contain the space of an hour and a half but if ye list ye may leave out much of the sad matter as the messenger's part and some of nature's part and some of experience's part and yet the matter will depend conveniently and then it will not be past three quarters of an hour of length.