A sonet or brief rehersall of the properties As Janeuer fryse pot, bidth corne kepe hym lowe: Thinges thriftie, that teacheth the thriuing to thriue; ¶ Imprinted at London in flete strete T. Bensley, Printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London. THE PARADISE OF Dainty Deuices, REPRINTED FROM A TRANSCRIPT OF THE FIRST EDITION, 1576, In the hand writing of the late GEORGE STEEVENS, Esa. With an Appendix: Containing Additional Picces from the Editions of 1580 & 1600. AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL. By SIR EGERTON BRYDGES, K. J. Rienard Edwa idą LONDON: PRINTED FOR ROBERT TRIPHOOK, 37, ST. JAMES'S STREET, AND WILLIAM SANCHO, AT THE MES GATE. THE present new edition of the Paradise of Dainty Deuises is printed literatim from a copy belonging to the Editor, made by the hand of the late eminent George Steevens, the Commentator on Shakspeare, from the first edition of the original, then possessed by his friend Dr. Farmer. The public, it is hoped, will give credit to the accuracy of such a copy. The defects, if any, are best accounted for by a note in Steevens's hand-writing. "It has been attempted to render the following MS. "a fac-simile of the first edition of the Paradise of "Dainty Devices, with all its inaccuracy of spelling, 66 punctuation, &c.; but as habits of orthography, &c. are not easily got rid of, perhaps they may have occa66 sionally prevailed over the blunders which the tran"scriber has professed to copy." 66 The pages of the original are imperfectly numbered; and this peculiarity has been retained in the present impression. It has been also thought proper to retain the ancient orthography; but the punctuation has been somewhat changed, as, in its old state, it appeared to the Editor too frequently to destroy the sense. Mr. HASLEWOOD, with that indefatigable zeal and industry which cannot be too much applauded, transcribed with his own hand the copy, which has passed the press; and most carefully and faithfully corrected the sheets from the Printer. The ii The additional pieces from the subsequent editions of 1580 and 1600, were kindly communicated by Mr. PARK, from copies made by George Ellis, esq. from the originals in the possession of the late Duke of Roxburgh. The present impression does not exceed 250 copies in octavo, attached to the BRITISH BIBLIOGRAPHER, and 120 taken off in quarto. Denton, Nov. 26, 1809. SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES. PRERFACE; |