The essayes of a prentise, in the diuine art of poesie
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Scots |
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Imprinted at Edinburgh :
By Thomas Vautroullier,
1585.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Item Description: | By James I, whose name (Jacobus Sextus) appears in an acrostic on A1r. In verse, mostly in Scots dialect. At foot of title: Cum priuilegio regali. Signatures: *⁴ A-P⁴. "The Vranie translated", "Ane metaphoricall inuention of a tragedie called Phoenix", "A paraphrasticall translation out of the poete Lucane", "Ane schort treatise", "The CIIII. Psalme" each has divisional title page; register is continuous. "The Uranie" is a translation of "L'Uranie ou Muse celeste" by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, with French and English on facing pages. A variant of the edition dated 1584. The two National Library of Scotland copies have different typesettings on P1v-2r. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([128] pages) |