Wherein
ontlandish
birds, beasts
and fishes are taught to speake true English verse.
and fishes are taught to speake true English verse.
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Heywood, John. A dialogue conteyning the number of the effectuall
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and three hundred of Epigrammes upon three hundred of proverbes;
and a fifth hundred of Epigrams. Whereunto are now newly added å
syxt hundred of Epigrams by the sayde John Heywood. 1562. Rptd
1576, eto; 1867, Spenser Soc. ; 1874, the Proverbs ed. by Sharman, J. ;
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Kendall, Timothy. Flowres of Epigrammes. 1577.
Davies], [J. ] and Marlowe), C. Epigrammes and Elegies. 1590.
Lodge, Thomas. A Fig for Momus: containing pleasant Varietie, included
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Hall, Joseph. Virgidemiarum. Sixe Bookes. First three bookes of Tooth-
lesse Satyrs. 1597. Sixe Bookes, three last bookes of byting Satyres.
1598. Rptd 1599; 1602; 1879, Grosart, A. B. , Complete Poems,
Manchester. (For Hall's indebtedness to Scaliger, J. C. , see article by
Bensly, E. , shortly to appear in Modern Language Review. See, also,
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Marston, John. The Metamorphosis of Pygmalion's Image, and certain
Satyres. 1598 (published anonymously). The Scourge of Villanie,
three Bookes of Satyres. 1598. Rptd 1856, Halliwell, J. O. , Library of
Old Authors; 1879, Grosart, A. B.
Rankins, William. Seaven Satyres applyed to the weeke. 1598.
Anon. Tyros Roving Megge. Planted against the walles of Melancholy.
Bastard, Thomas. Chrestoleros: Seven bookes of Epigrammes. 1598. Rptd
1880, Grosart, A. B.
Barnfield, Richard. Encomion of Lady Pecunia. 1598. Rptd 1605. (Vide
Collier, J. P. , Bibl. Cat. , 1865, vol. 1, pp. 47-50. )
Weever, John. Epigrammes in the oldest Cut and Newest Fashion. 1599.
M. , T. (Possibly Thomas Middleton, prob. Thomas Moffat). Micro-cynicon,
Sixe Snarling Satyres. 1599.
(1 June 1599, edict of Jo[hn Whitgift] Cantuar, and Ric[hard Bancroft]
London entered in Stationers' register to the effect that Virgidemiarum,
Pigmalion with certaine other Satyres, The Scourge of Villanye, The
Shadowe of Truthe in Epigrams and Satyres, Snarlinge Satyres, Caltha
Poetarum, Davyes Epigrams with Marlowes Elegyes, the booke againste
woemen, viz. of marriage and wyvinge, the xv joyes of marriage, should be
barnt and that noe Satyres or Epigrams be printed hereafter . . . that all
Nasshes bookes and Doctor Harveyes bookes be taken wheresoever they
maye be found and that none of theire bookes be ever printed hereafter. '
Pygmalion, The Scourge of Villany, Skialetheia, Snarling Satires, Davies's
Epigrams, Marriage and Wyving, xv Joyes of Marriage, and the Harvey-
Nashe books were burnt. Hall's Satires and Caltha Poetarum (by Cutwode, T. ,
mostly love poems, rptd 1815, Roxburghe Club) were 'staied. ')
Rowlands, Samuel. The letting of humours blood in the Head Vaine. 1600.
Humors Looking-glasse. 1608. (Anonymous, attributed to Rowlands. )
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Breton, Nicholas. Pasquils Mad-Cappe and his Message. Pasquil's Fooles-
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Passe and Passeth Not, set downe in three pees, his Passe, Precession,
and Prognostication. All in 1600.
Woodhouse, Peter. The Flea. 1605. Rptd 1877.
P[arrot], Henry). Mous-Trap. 1606. Epigrams by H. P. 1608. Laquei
Ridiculosi, or Springes to catch Woodcocks. 1613. The Mastive, or
Young-Whelpe of the Old-Dogge. Epigrams and Satyres. 1615. VIII
Cures for the Itch. Characters, Epigrams, Epitaphs, by H. P. 1626.
Walkington, T. (d. 1621). The Optick Glasse of Humors. 1607. [A prede-
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and a fifth hundred of Epigrams. Whereunto are now newly added å
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Eng. Drama Soc.
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Kendall, Timothy. Flowres of Epigrammes. 1577.
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Old Authors; 1879, Grosart, A. B.
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Anon. Tyros Roving Megge. Planted against the walles of Melancholy.
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1880, Grosart, A. B.
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Collier, J. P. , Bibl. Cat. , 1865, vol. 1, pp. 47-50. )
Weever, John. Epigrammes in the oldest Cut and Newest Fashion. 1599.
M. , T. (Possibly Thomas Middleton, prob. Thomas Moffat). Micro-cynicon,
Sixe Snarling Satyres. 1599.
(1 June 1599, edict of Jo[hn Whitgift] Cantuar, and Ric[hard Bancroft]
London entered in Stationers' register to the effect that Virgidemiarum,
Pigmalion with certaine other Satyres, The Scourge of Villanye, The
Shadowe of Truthe in Epigrams and Satyres, Snarlinge Satyres, Caltha
Poetarum, Davyes Epigrams with Marlowes Elegyes, the booke againste
woemen, viz. of marriage and wyvinge, the xv joyes of marriage, should be
barnt and that noe Satyres or Epigrams be printed hereafter . . . that all
Nasshes bookes and Doctor Harveyes bookes be taken wheresoever they
maye be found and that none of theire bookes be ever printed hereafter. '
Pygmalion, The Scourge of Villany, Skialetheia, Snarling Satires, Davies's
Epigrams, Marriage and Wyving, xv Joyes of Marriage, and the Harvey-
Nashe books were burnt. Hall's Satires and Caltha Poetarum (by Cutwode, T. ,
mostly love poems, rptd 1815, Roxburghe Club) were 'staied. ')
Rowlands, Samuel. The letting of humours blood in the Head Vaine. 1600.
Humors Looking-glasse. 1608. (Anonymous, attributed to Rowlands. )
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cap. Pasquils Mistresse, or the Worthy and Unworthy Woman. Pasquil's
Passe and Passeth Not, set downe in three pees, his Passe, Precession,
and Prognostication. All in 1600.
Woodhouse, Peter. The Flea. 1605. Rptd 1877.
P[arrot], Henry). Mous-Trap. 1606. Epigrams by H. P. 1608. Laquei
Ridiculosi, or Springes to catch Woodcocks. 1613. The Mastive, or
Young-Whelpe of the Old-Dogge. Epigrams and Satyres. 1615. VIII
Cures for the Itch. Characters, Epigrams, Epitaphs, by H. P. 1626.
Walkington, T. (d. 1621). The Optick Glasse of Humors. 1607. [A prede-
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1620.
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chap. I); Bartholomaeus Anglicns and Higden (description of national and
social types, ibid. chap. III); Skelton (Bowge of Court: types of courtiers,
vol. III, chap. IV); Barclay (Ship of Fools: types of folly discussed rather
than portrayed, ibid. ); Cock Lorell (glimpses of individual types of lower
classes, chap. v); Mock Testaments (classification according to some dominant
characteristic, ibid. ); Copland's Hye Waye to the Spittel Hous (vivid descrip-
tions of character and appearance from the view of failure in life, ibid. );
Fraternitye of Vagabonds, Caveat and xxv Orders of Knaves (precise
definitions of rogue-nomenclature, ibid. ); T. Lodge's Wits Miserie (portrayal
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