The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie; Edinburgh, 1585 PDF Download

Author: Edward Arber
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332011438
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Excerpt from The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie; Edinburgh, 1585: A Counterblatse to Tobacco; London, 1604 And in case thou finde aswel in this work, as in my lepanto following, many incorrect errours, both in the dytement and orthography, I must pra thee to accept this m reasonable excuse, which is this. Thou considers, doubt not, that vpon the one part, I composed these things in my veric young and tender yeates wherein nature, (except shee were a monster) can admit of no perfection. And nowe on the other parte, being of riper yeares, my burden is so great and continual], without anie intermission, that when my ingyne and age could, my afl'aires and fasherie would not permit mee, to te mark the wrong orthography committed by the co iars of my vnlegible and ragged hand, far les to amend my proper errours ea scarslne but at stollen moments, haue I the leasure to blenk vpon any paper, and yet not that, with free and vnvexed spirit. Alwaies, rough and vnpolished as they are, I ofl'er them vuto thee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.