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Certaine worthye manuscript poems of great antiquitie reserued long in the studie of a Northfolke gentleman. And now first published by I.S. 1 The statly tragedy of Guistard and Sismond. 2 The northren mothers blessing. 3 The way to thrifte.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 unnumbered pages)
- Other Title:
- Certaine worthye manuscript poems of great antiquitie reserved long in the studie of a Northfolke gentleman
- Northren mothers blessing. The way of thrift.
- Certaine worthye manuscript poems of great antiquitie reserved long in the studie of a Northfolke gentleman.
- Way to thrifte.
- Place of Publication:
- Imprinted at London : [By Robert Robinson] for R[obert] D[exter], 1597.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- I.S. is probably John Stow.
- "The statly tragedy of Guistard and Sismond" is a translation of the "Decamerone" by Giovanni Boccaccio, first tale of the fourth day.
- All three pieces sometimes misattributed to Joseph Hall and regarded as part 3 of his "Virgidemiarum".
- Signatures: [A]¹ B-F (-F8).
- "The northren mothers blessing. The way of thrift" has separate dated title page with "printed by Robert Robinson for Robert Dexter" in imprint.
- The last leaf is blank.
- Versions of the texts are listed in Brown, Carleton and Rossell Hope Robbins. The index of Middle English verse (1943), 3258, 671 and 1982.
- Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 469:4) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 21499.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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