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Title: Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624)

Author: Dunstan Gale
Richard Lynche
William Barksted
Samuel Page
H. A.

Commentator: Paul W. Miller

Release Date: August 2, 2009 [EBook #29574]

Language: English

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SEVEN MINOR EPICS
OF
THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
(1596-1624)

=Philos and Licia= (1624) by Anonymous

=Pyramus and Thisbe= (1617) by Dunstan Gale

=The Love of Dom Diego and Ginevra= (1596) by Richard Lynche

=Mirrha= (1607) by William Barksted

=Hiren= (1611) by William Barksted

=Amos and Laura= (1613) by Samuel Page

=The Scourge of Venus= (1613) by H.A.

FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS
WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY

PAUL W. MILLER

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SCHOLARS' FACSIMILES & REPRINTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction VII

=A Pleasant and Delightfull Poeme of Two Lovers, Philos and Licia.= 1

=Pyramus and Thisbe.= By Dunstan Gale. 37

=The Love of Dom Diego and Ginevra.= By Richard Lynche. 61

=Mirrha the Mother of Adonis: or, Lustes Prodegies.=
By William Barksted. 103

=Hiren: or The Faire Greeke.= By William Barksted. 169

=The Love of Amos and Laura.= By Samuel Page. 213

=The Scourge of Venus.= By H.A. 229

INTRODUCTION

Professor Elizabeth Story Donno, in her recent =El