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I recently had the opportunity to meet Prof. Alan Nelson of UC Berkeley, who has done quite a bit of work for REED, including Cambridge, Records of Early English Drama, 2 vols. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989). One of our conversations involved an anti-Catholic performance, or burlesque, given for Elizabeth I at Cambridge in August,1564--a performance to which the Queen, in a fit of temper, called a halt (some of which is related in Nichols' Progresses). If I'm recalling correctly, Prof. Nelson indicated that there is an extant fragment from this burlesque published in the above referenced title. My university library has many of the volumes in the REED series, but unfortunately does not appear to own that for Cambridge. The library does own Prof. Nelson's Early Cambridge Theatres: University, College, and Town Stages, 1464-1720 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994); but while Nelson does offer certain details regarding Elizabeth's visit to Cambridge c. 1564, he does not include the fragment in this volume. Would anyone on the list who has access to the former publication be willing to expound on this document, or possibly scan the article and email it to me as an attachment? Or, I would be happy to pay for Xerox copies and postage if someone is willing to snail mail it to me. I would be most appreciative. The excerpt should be in Latin, but I may stand corrected. Thanks all for your attention. --Christopher Paul