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EARLY ENGLISH WIT, POETRY & SATIRE. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The power of literary device was never more in its prime than during this period of history, where a wide array of political and religious satire mocked the status quo and poetry called humankind to transcend the rigors of daily life through love, God or principle. This series comments on historical patterns of the human condition that are still visible today. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++"Nosce teipsum This oracle expounded in two elegies 1. Of humane knowledge. 2. Of the soule of man, and the immortalitie thereof. Hymnes of Astraea in acrosticke verse."SelectionsHymnes of Astraea.Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626.Dedication signed: Iohn Dauies.In verse."Hymnes of Astraea, in acrosticke verse" and "Orchestra" each have separate dated title pages; register is continuous.The last leaf is blank.General title page has "ORCHESTRA,"; L3r contains errata. Variant 1: title page has "Orchestra." Variant 2: L3r lacks errata.Identified as STC 6359a on UMI microfilm reel 780.Appears at reel 780 (Folger Shakespeare Library copy) and at reel 1480 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy).[4], 81, [81] p.London: Printed by Augustine Mathewes for Richard Hawkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery Lane, neere Serieants Inne, 1622.STC (2nd ed.) / 6359EnglishReproduction of the original in the Folger Shakespeare Library++++This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher. While we have attempted to accurately maintain the integrity of the original work, there are sometimes problems with the original work or the micro-film from which the books were digitized. This can result in errors in reproduction. Possible imperfections include missing and blurred pages, poor pictures, markings and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
