| Ref No | Shakespeare/1/6/619/65973 |
| Finding Number | Shakespeare S CASE 619 65973 |
| Title | Histrio-mastix : [early & fine printing] 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. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1633 |
| Description | 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)
Signatures: [A][sup]2[sup] *[sup]4[sup] 2*[sup]8[sup] 3*[sup]4[sup] B-3Z[sup]4[sup] 3A*-3K*[sup]4[sup] 4A-6R[sup]4.
The first leaf is blank.
This state has errata on 3*4v.
Wormed, slightly affecting text; with additional engraved portrait of Prynne (frontis), origin unknown; 65973.
Includes index.
Microfilm.
S11531
Another version of this volume available 729410 Thomas Bray Library TBL A094/1633/1 |
| Extent | 1 |
| Author | Prynne, William, 1600-1669 |
| Physical Description | [36], 512 p., 513-568 leaves, 545-1006, [40] p. ; 4j.; loose page inside front cover |
| Access Status | Open |
| Publisher | London : printed by E. A[llde]. [Thomas Cotes, Augustine Mathewes,] and W[illiam]. I[ones]. for Michael Sparke, and are to be sold at the Blue Bible, in Greene Arbour, in little Old Bayly, 1633. |