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Histrio-mastix. The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts : Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you
Prynne, William (1600-1669); Allde, Edward (1628); Mathewes, Augustine; Jones, William (fl. 1633); Sparke, Michael (1653); Cotes, Thomas (fl. 1620-1641)
1633
Mathewes printed quires B-M; Cotes N-Z; Allde 2A-3Z, 3A*-3K*, and 5V to end; Jones the title page, preliminaries and 4A-5T, including a cancel for 4X2,3 (STC). The first leaf is blank. This state ...
Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations : raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. rockes, 2. seas, 3. gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed
Prynne, William (1600-1669)
1641
In verse. First edition. One of four possible imprint variants of this text. With marginal notes. Order and number of preliminary leaves vary. Ideal copies include a 4-line verse (printed in 7...