Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England, with some memoirs of our antient printers, and a register of the books printed by them, from 1471 to 1600, with an appendix concerning printing in Scotland and Ireland. Considerably augmented by W. Herbert, Volume 1

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Page 1809 - The Second part of Henrie the fourth, continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift. With the humours of Sir lohn Falstaffe, and swaggering Pistoll. As it hath been sundrie times publikely acted by the right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. Written by William Shakespeare.
Page 1627 - ANE DETECTIOUN OF THE DUINGES OF MARIE QUENE OF SCOTTES, touchand the murder of hir husband, and hir conspiracie, adulterie, and pretensed mariage with the Erie Bothwell, And ane defence of the trew Lordis, mainteineris of the Kingis graces actioun and authoritie. Translatit out of the Latine quhilke was written by GB With oval portrait of Mary Queen of Scots by G.
Page 1380 - An \ Apologie \ for Poetrie. \ Written by the right noble, vertu-\ous, and learned, Sir Phillip \ Sidney, Knight. \\ Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo. || At London, | Printed for Henry Olney, and are to be sold at \ his shop in Paules C hurch-yard, at the signe \ of the George, neere to Cheap-gate. \ Anno 1595.
Page 1712 - A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants.
Page 1700 - God sonne. Or Cracke me this nut. Or A Countrie cuffe, that is, a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace, seeing the patch will take no warning. Written by one that dares call a dog, a dog, and made to preuent Martins dog daies.
Page 1564 - It is more profitable because here are left out many things whereof some be untrue, some uncertain, some vain and superstitious: and is ordained nothing to be read but the very pure word of God, the Holy Scriptures or that which is evidently grounded upon the same...
Page 1363 - The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke. With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt. Diuided into two Parts : And newly corrected and enlarged. Written by William Shakespeare, Gent. Printed at London, for TP" A small quarto, containing 64 leaves, A to Q in fours.
Page 1540 - King's highnefs, or unto the lord chancellor, lord treafurer, or any4of the chief jufticcs of the one bench or of the other ; that then the fame lord chancellor, lord treafurer, and two chief juftices, or two of any of them...
Page 1563 - Journey & serche / of Johan Leylande, for Englandes / Antiquitees, geuen of hym as a newe / yeares gyfte to Kynge Henry the / viij.
Page 1596 - Device : two arches, one narrow, the other broad ; over the narrow one is a crown of laurel, over the broad one flames of fire, with this motto about them, •• Enter in at the streit gate : for wide is the gate, and brode is the wayc, that leadeth to destruction, Matth.

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