No More Learning

[The Demaūdes Joyous and the Booke of Riddles are classed with
the Ship of Fooles or the C. Mery Talys, and other excellent writers both
witty and pleasaunt' in the 2nd ed. of The English Courtier and the Countrey-
Gentleman, 1586. ]
For the large number of jest-books and story-books of the 17th century to
be considered in vol. iv, vide Hazlitt, W. C. , Shakespeare Jest-books, 3rd series,
1864; Hazlitt, W. C. Handbook to Early English Literature, 1867, p. 300.
SOURCES OF JEST-BOOKS.
(1) Fabliaux.
Aussy, P. J. B. Le Grand d. Fabliaux et Contes du xirº et xiir Siècles. 3rd
ed. 1829. (Selected and translated into English by Way, G. L. , 1815. )
Barbazan, E. Fabliaux et Contes. 1808.
Deslongchamps, L. Essai sur les Fables Indiennes, et sur leur introduction
en Europe. 1838.
Jubinal, A. Nouveau recueil de Contes. . . des XIII, XIV°, xvSiècles. 1839.
Montaiglon, de, et Rothschild, J. de. Poésies françoises des xv et xviº
Siècles. 1855-78.
Paris, Gaston. La Poésie du Moyen Age. 2° série. 1906.
Raynouard, M. Choix des poésies originales des Troubadours. 1816-21.
Robert, A. -C. -M. Fables inédites des XII°, XIII, XIV° siècles (with parallel
references for history and development of the tales). 1825.
Wright, T. Introduction to the seven sages. Percy Soc. LXIV. 1846.
(2) Exempla.
Jacques de Vitry (ordained priest, 1210), Exempla ; Etienne de Besançon
(b. c. 1250), Alphabetun narrationum; Fabularum anecdotorumque collectio
ad usum alphabeticum digesta; Robert Holcot (d. 1349), Liber de morali-
zationibus; Gesta Romanorum (end of 13th or beginning of 14th cent. )
Subsequent to invention of printing: Speculum Exemplorum; Johan
Gritsch, Sermones; Paratus de tempore et de sanctis (middle of 15th cent. );
Herolt's Promptuarium (16th cent. ).
Vide Lecoy de la Marche, L'Esprit de nos aieux, 1889; Wright, T. , Coll.
of Latin Stories for Percy Soc. , No. xxvIII, 1842; Madden, Sir F. , Introduc-
tion and notes to Old English Versions of Gesta Romanorum, 1838; Oesterley,
H. , Gesta Romanorum, 1872; Crane, T. F. , The Exempla of Jacques de
Vitry, Folk-Lore Soc. , 1890, especially the introduction
(3) Latin and Italian Facetiae and Stories.
Poggii Facetiae, 1470; Mensa Philosophica, 1480 (the 4th part contains
jests, anecdotes, repartees, etc. , some of which reappear in later jest-books,
designed to represent the type of conversation most appropriate for students
in hours of relaxation at table), The Schoolemaster or Teacher of Table
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Marcolfi (sine alla nota: end of 15th century ? ); Bebelius, H. , Libri facetiaR.
iucüdissimi; atque fabule admodum ridēdae, 1502; the collections of Piovano
Arlotto, 1520; Lucinius, 1529; T. Gastius Brisacensis, 1543 and 1548;
Guicciardini, 1565; Brusonius, 1560; Poncino dalla Torre, 1581; L. Dominichi,
1548; 0. Melandrus, 1597; Nicodemus Frischlinus, 1600; Facetiae Facetiarum,
hoc est joco-seriorum fasciculus, 1615 (treats such subjects as virginity and
drunkenness). Vide also Facezie e motti dei secoli xve e xvi (edited by
P. G. ), 1874; Facetiae Latinae, Sammlung humoristischer Aufsätze aus
der lateinischen Literatur des 16 und 17 Jahrhunderts, 1881. [Akin to the
development of facetiae are the collections of novels by Sachetti, Boccaccio,
Bandello, Anthio, Firenzuola, Malespini, Antoine de la Sale, Giovanni
(Il Pecoroné, 1554), La Reine de Navarre, Painter, etc. ]
Vide Burckhart, J. Die Cultur der Renaissance. irer Absch. cap. iv: Der
moderne Spott und Witz. Basel, 1860.
(4) Popular German Jest-books.
Der Pfarrer von Kalenberg. A verse composition on this subject found with
Philipp Franckfürter's name. Though Philipp composed at the end of
the 14th cent. , the poem probably belongs to the end of the 15th cent. ,
and is first mentioned by Brant, Murner and Bebel. A Strassburg ed.
before 1519 exists.
Johannes Pauli, Schimpf und Ernst, 1522 (drawn partly from Gesta
Romanorum and partly from the preaching of Geiler von Kaisersberg);
Wickram, G. , Rollwagenbüchlein, 1555; Frey, T. , Gartengesellschaft, 1556;
Montanus, M. , Wegkürzer, 1557; Lindener, M. , Katzipori, 1558; Lindener,
M. , Rastbüchlein, 1558; Schumann, V. , Nachtbüchlein; Kirchoff, H. W. ,
Wendunmuth, 1565.
Till Eulenspiegel. Stories attached to the name of a Kneitlingen peasant
existed in the 15th cent. First appearance in book form, in verse and
then in prose, probably took place in Low German and was translated into
High German, c. 1500. Original compiler and translator are both un-
Johānes Grieninger printed Ein kurtzweilig lesen von Dyl
Eulenspiegel, and rptd it 1519. Other editions followed throughout the
century, and the book was frequently printed in other countries.
Reprints: Narrenbuch, herausgegeben durch Friedrich Heinrich von der
Hagen, 1811; Hub, J. , Die komische und humoristische Literatur der
deutschen Prosaisten des xviten Jahrhunderts, 1856; Schwänke des
xvi Jahrhunderts edited by Goedeke, K. , in Deutsche Dichter des Sech-
zehnten Jahrhunderts, 1879; Die Gesch. des Pfarrer vom Kalenberg,
edited by Dollmayer in Neudrücke deutscher Litteraturwerke xvi und
XVII Jhdts, 1906; Thomas Murners Ulenspiegel, Herausgegeben von
Laffenberg, J. M. , 1854; Grundriss zur Gesch. der deutschen Dichtung
aus den Quellen, by Goedeke, K. , 1834, vol. 1, pp. 343-47.
known.
BROADSIDES AND STREET BALLADS.
The full bibliography will be given in vol. iv. Several types of broadside are
noticed in this chapter under other headings (e. g. Dances of Death,
Satires on Women, tracts on Society, Broadside Monstrosities, contro
versies on Witchcraft). It might also be noticed that literary contro-
versies and 'flytings' were already a feature of the popular press;
e. g. The flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy; The flyting between Thomas
Smith and William Gray, 1540 (Fugitive Tracts, ed. Hazlitt, W. O. , 1875).
The controversy following A Balade on Thomas Cromwell, July 1540
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Antiq. 1866); Flyting betwixt Montgomerie and Polwart (see works of
Alex. Montgomerie, ed. Cranstoun, J. , Edinb. , 1887, and Brotanek, R. ,.
Das Leben und die Dichtungen Alex. Montgomeries, Vienna, 1896).
Early street ballads will also be found in Ritson's Ancient Songs and Ballads,
revised by Hazlitt, W. C. , 1877, Class III and Class IV; Black Letter
Ballads and Broadsides (1559-97) by Lilly, J. , 1867; Songs, Carols and
Miscellaneous Poems from Richard Hill's Commonplace Books (E. E. T. S. );
Ballads from MSS ed. by Furnivall, F. J. (Ballad Soc. 1868-77); Satirical
Songs and Poems on Costume, Fairholt, F. W. , Percy Soc. Lxxx, 1849;
Festive Songs, Sandys, W. , Percy Soc. LXXVII, 1848; Songs of London
Prentices and Trades, Mackay, C. , Percy Soc. VII, 1841; Coll. of Old
Books anterior to the reign of Charles I, Collier, J. P. , Percy Soc. 1, 1840;
Songs and Ballads, Wright, T. , 1860; Turnament of Totenham and the
Feest, etc. , Wright, T. , 1836; Popular Music of the Olden Time, Chappell,
W. , 1855-9; The Old Book Collector's Miscellany, Hindley, C. , 1871,
vol. I, A bundle of old ballads.
N. B. For comparison between the street-broadside and the folk lore ballad
see vol. II of the present work, chap. XVII.
POPULAR MORAL TRACTS BEARING ON SOCIAL QUESTIONS.
All wyckednes doth beginne to amende as doth sowre ale in sommer, A
ballett intituled. Alex. Lacy, 1568-9.
Covetousness, Ballett agaynst. Rogers, O. , 1560. Prob. a reprint of some ballad
of Henry VIII's or Mary's time, to judge by allusions to the priesthood.
Dice Play, A manifest detection of the most vyle and detestable use of.
Tottel, 1532. Re-ed. Halliwell, J. 0. , for Percy Soc. LXXXVII, 1850, who
ascribes the authorship to Gilbert Parker on the evidence of an entry in
an ancient, if not contemporary, handwriting.
Gallant, A Treatise of a. W. de Worde, n. d. Re-ed. by Halliwell, J. O. , 1860
and Hazlitt, W. C. , Early English Popular Poetry, vol. III, p. 147.
New Notborune Mayd upon the passion of Cryste. Skot, n. d. Re-ed. for
Percy Soc. , 1842. The tract, a parody on the Nut Brown Maid (vide
vol. II, p. 429) illustrates the practice of introducing religious instruction
under the auspices of a popular song. For another example of the pious
párody compare To pass the Place, Colwell, T. , 1561-2 or 1564-5.
Pryde and Abuse of Women now-a-dayes, A treatyse shewing and declaring
the, by Bansley, C. Printed by Raynalde, T. , 1540-50. Re-ed. (but not
issped) for Percy Soc. , 1841. Re-ed. by Hazlitt, W. C. , in E. E. P. P.
vol. iv, p. 227. (The puritan sentiment evident in this tract is more
pronounced in Gosson's Quippes for Upstart new fangled Gentlewomen,
1595; see vol. iv of the present work. )
Robin Conscience, The Booke in Meeter of. c. 1550. Rptd by Alde, E.
Re-ed. by Halliwell, J. O. , Contributions to English Literature, 1849, and
Hazlitt, W. C. , E. E. P. P. vol. 111, p. 221. Vide J. P. Collier's Hist. of
English Dramatic Poetry, vol. 11, p. 402. (Martin Parker produced, 1635,
a narrative satire Robin Conscience or Conscionable Robin, his progress
thorow Court, City and Countrey. )
Spare your Good. W. de Worde, n. d. Rptd by Kytson, A. (c. 1560). Re-ed.
by Hazlitt, W. C. , Fugitive Poetical Tracts, vol. I, 1875.
POPULAR POLITICAL TRACTS.
Brinkelow, Henry. Coplaynt of Roderyck Mors. . . unto the Parliament
Howse of Ingland. Printed at Savoy by Franciscus Turma, n. d. (1536 ? ).
Rptd, 1545. Re-ed. Cowper, J. M. , E. E. T. S. Ex. Ser. XXII. Includes The
Lamentacion of a Christian against the Citie of London, 1542.
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Crole, Crolens, Crowlaeus or Crowley, Robert. The five tracts noticed in the
text are all re-ed. by Cowper, J. M. , for E. E. T. S. , 1872. Vide Wood's
Athen. Oxon. by Bliss, 1, 543-6; Ames by Dibden, iv, 326-7; Warton's
Hist. of Poetry, iv. For the Informacion and Peticion vide Strype's
Eccl. Mem. II, 139; Brydge's Brit. Bibl. 11, 291-3. For One and thirty
Epigrams vide Strype's Eccl. Mem. II. 266.
Newes come from Hell of love unto all her welbeloved frendes. Copland, W,
1565. An attack on usurers.
Vox Populi Vox Dei. 1515-20. A complaint of the Commons against over
taxation. Re-ed. by Furnivall
, F. J. , in Ballads from MSS in Ballad
Society, 1821, with a number of other MS Tracts bearing on the same
subject; by Dyce, A. , in Poetical Works of Skelton, Appendix ix;
Hazlitt, W. C. , E. E. P. P. vol. 111, 267.
VAGABOND LITERATURE.
Liber Vagatorum, Der Betler Orden Augsburg, by Oglin, E. , 1512-4 (1st
section gives account of the orders of the Fraternity, 2nd section gives
notabilia concerning them, 3rd has' Rotwelsche Voc. '). Translated in 1528
under title Von der falschen Betler büeberey, with preface by Luther.
Translation by Hotten, J. C. , The book of Vagabonds and Beggars,
1860. Vide Wiemarisches Jrbuch, x, 1856.
Hye Way to the Spyttel Hous, The. Printed by Copland, R. , n. d. Re-ed.
Utterson's Select Pieces of E. P. P. , 1817, vol. II, p. 1; Hazlitt, W. C. ,
E. E. P. P. vol. iv, p. 17.
A ballett called the description of vakaboundes. Sampson, alias Awdeley, 1561.
Now lost, unless it was an earlier version of the Fraternitye.
Fraternitye of Vacabones. Printed by Awdeley, J. , 1561. ptd 1565,
1575. Re-ed. by Viles, E. and Furnivall, F. J. , for Shakespeare Library,
1907, as Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakspeare's Youth.
A Ballette ascrybynge the manner of the Bogges. Alex. Lacye, 1563-4.
A Caveat or Warening for Commen Corsetors vulgarely called Vagabones,
set forth by Thomas Harman, Esquiere. 1st ed. is lost. 2nd ed. 'augmented
and inlarged by the fyrst author hereof, printed by Gryffith, W. , 1567.
Re-ed. by Hindley, C. , in The Old Book Collector's Miscellany, 1871, vol. I,
and by Viles and Furnivall in Rogues and Vagabonds, 1907, together
with Parson Hyberdyne's Sermon in Praise of thieves and thievery (a
goliardic parody similar in spirit to such medieval tracts as Missa de
Potatoribus and Officium Lusorum and such later (1638 ? ) extravagancies
as D. Heinsius, Laus Pediculi).
A Dyaloge betwene ij beggers. Coplande, W. , 1567-8.
A ballett intituled of the Catt pursses. Howe, W. , 1567-8.
A ballett intituled of Robbers and Shefters.