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english drama3
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oratorios2
ballad opera1
ballad operas1
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entr'acte music1
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poitiers, battle of, 13561

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Gay, John (1685-1732)10
Garrick, David (1717-1779)6
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)6
Handel, George Frideric5
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)5
Fanshawe, Richard4
Fanshawe, Sir Richard (1608-1666)4
Guarini, Battista (1538-1612)4
Ball, John2
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The extravagant shepherd, or, The history of the shepherd Lysis : an anti-romance, in XIV books

Sorel, Charles (1602?-1674); Davies, John (1625-1693)

1660

Epistle dedicatory signed by the the translator, John Davies. Contains allegorical frontispiece. There where two previous editions, in 1653 and 1654. The above edition appears to be a reissue of t...

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The shepherd's week : In six pastorals

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1714

Foxon G69. First edition. With frontispiece, and six other engravings (included in the pagination), by L. Du Guernier.

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The shepherd's week : In six pastorals

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1728

With frontispiece. Title page vignette. Seven plates included in pagination. Includes index.

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The shepherd's week : In six pastorals

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1714 [ie 1721?]

The ornaments are those used by John Watts. "The date is possibly a misprint" (Foxon). Dated on title page 1714, but includes the passage in the first pastoral not given by the first and second ed...

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The faithful shepherd : a pastoral tragi-comedy

Guarini, Battista (1538-1612); Fanshawe, Sir Richard (1608-1666)

1736

Adapted from Sir Richard Fanshawe's translation of Il pastor fido - p. vi.

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Il pastor fido, The faithfull shepherd : A pastorall

Guarini, Battista (1538-1612); Fanshawe, Sir Richard (1608-1666); Denham, Sir John (1615-1669)

1647

With introductory verses by Sir John Denham. Pagination slightly irrgular.

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Arcadia; or, the shepherd's wedding : A dramatic pastoral

Lloyd, Robert (1733-1764)

[1778]

Drop-head title. Two columns to a page.

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A Protestant memorial: or, the shepherd's tale of the Pouder-Plott : A poem in Spenser's style

Bedell, William (1571-1642); Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715)

1713

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Daphnis: or, A pastoral elegy upon the unfortunate death of Mr. Thomas Creech : With a poem on The despairing lover, and The despairing shepherd

Froud, John; Oldmixon, John (1673-1742); Prior, Matthew (1664-1721); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

Anon., variously attributed to John Froud or John Oldmixon. The despairing shepherd: Anon. by M. Prior. A piracy?. Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several ha...

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Il pastor fido : The faithful shepherd. With an addition of divers other poems: concluding with a short discourse of the long civil wars of Rome

Guarini, Battista (1538-1612); Fanshawe, Sir Richard (1608-1666)

1676

First edition of this translation appeared in 1647. Pagination and signatures slightly irregular. Engraving of River Alpheus on verso of sig.A8.

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Pastor fido, or, The faithful shepherd : a pastoral; as it is acted at the Duke's theatre ... licensed, Decemb. the 26th. 1676, Roger L'Estrange

Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724); Fanshawe, Sir Richard (1608-1666); Guarini, Battista (1538-1612)

1677

First edition. Dedication signed: Elkanah Settle. Adapted from Fanshawe's translation of Guarini's Il pastor fido; cf. Dedication.

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