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, Secretary for the Parliament) HISTORY OF THE (Long) PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND, which began November 3, 1640, with a short necessary view of some precedent years. A New Edition. 8vo., cloth, 6s. 6d. Sold by JOHN HENRY PARKER, Oxford, and 377. Strand, London; and E. GARDNER 7. Paternoster Row. * * * * * {532} PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS, SOLD BY JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36. SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. * * * * * These Works are printed in quarto, uniform with the Club-Books, and the series is now completed. Their value chiefly consists in the rarity and curiosity of the pieces selected, the notes being very in number. The impression of each work is most strictly limited. * * * * * I. MORTE ARTHURE: The Alliterative Romance of the Death of King Arthur; now first printed, from a Manuscript in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Seventy-five Copies printed. 5l. *** A very curious Romance, full of allusions interesting to the Antiquary and Philologist. It contains nearly eight thousand lines. II. THE CASTLE OF LOVE: A Poem, by ROBERT GROSTESTE, Bishop of Lincoln; now first printed from inedited MSS. of the Fourteenth Century. One Hundred Copies printed. 15s. *** This is a religious poetical Romance, unknown to Warton. Its poetical merits are beyond its age. III. CONTRIBUTIONS TO EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE, derived chiefly from Rare Books and Ancient Inedited Manuscripts from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century. Seventy-five Copies printed. *** Out of print separately, but included in the few remaining complete sets. IV. A NEW BOKE ABOUT SHAKESPEARE AND STRATFORD-ON-AVON, illustrated with numerous woodcuts and facsimiles of Shakespeare's Marriage Bond, and other curious Articles. Seventy-five Copies printed. 1l. 1s. V. THE PALATINE ANTHOLOGY. An extensive Collection of Ancient Poems and Ballads relating to Cheshire and Lancashire: to which is added THE PALATINE GARLAND. One Hundred and Ten Copies printed. 2l. 2s. VI. THE LITERATURE OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES, illustrated by Reprints of very Rare Tracts. Seventy-five Copies printed. 2l. 2s. CONTENTS:--Harry White his Humour, set forth by M. P.--Comedie of the two Italian Gentlemen--Tailor's Travels from London to the Isle of Wight, 1648--Wyll Bucke his Testament--The Booke of Merry Riddles
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