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Remains of the early popular poetry of England
Remains of the early popular poetry of England Author:William Carew Hazlitt Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Cande randolefjoufe of HERE begynneth a lytell boke named the Scole howse, wherein euery man may rede a goodly prayse of the condycyons of women. In seven-lin... more »e stanzas. R. Wyer, n. d. 8vo. Herbert's Ames, fol. 375; he copies Ames; and Dibdin (iii. 181) copies him. Here heaynneth a lytle boke named the Schole house of women : wherin euery man may rede a goodly prayse of the condicyons of women. The yeare of our Lorde. MDXLI. The colophon is— Explicit. Prynted at London in Paules Churche yearde, at the sygne of the maydcns heed, by Thomas Petyt. MDLXI. 8vo. D 2, in fours. If ere Begynneth the Scole-house of women: wherein every man may reade a goodly prayse of the condicyons of women. Anno Domini MDLX. This title is in an architectural compartment and the initials T. R., possibly those of the artist, are in the centre at the bottom. The colophon is— Imprinted at Londen in Paules Churcheyarde at the Sygne of the Swanne by John Kyng. 4to. Heer beginneth the Schole Ifiuse of Women, wherin euery man may read a goodly lesson of the condicions of Women. Anno Domini M.D. [sic] 1572. [Col.] Imprinted at London at the long shop, adioyning vnto Saint Mildreds Church in the Pultrie by Jokn Allde, 1572. 4to. VOL. IV. H These four editions are all of great scarcity. Of that of 1572 there is a copy among Selden's books in the Bodleian; and Mr. Utterson reprinted it in his Select Pieces of Early Popular Poetry in 1817. The present text is formed from a collation of the ed. of 1572 with that printed by King twelve years before, which has supplied a few better readings here and there. Warton in his History (iii. 426, ed. 1824), explicitly states that there was an edition of the Schole House of Women from the press of Robert Wyer in 1542, and he quotes the title as...« less