Shakspere Allusion-Books, Band 1

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Groats-worth of Wit, bought with a Million of Repentaunce. Describing the follie of youth, the falshoode of makeshift flatterers, the miserie of the negligent, and mischiefes of deceiuing Courtezans. Written before before his death, and published at his dying request. Faclicem fuisse infaustum. LONDON, Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Oliue, dwelling in long long Lane, and are there to be solde. 1596. THE PRINTER TO the Gentle Readers. Haue publifhed heere, Gentlemen, for your mirth and benefit, Greenes groatefwoorth of wit. With fun- 4 dry of his pleafant difcourfes, ye haue beene before delighted: But now hath death giuen a period to his pen; onely this happened into my hands, which I haue publifhed'for your pleafures: Accept it fauourably becaufe it was his laft 8 birth, and not leaft worth, in my poore opinion. But I will ceafe to praife that which is aboue my conceit, and leaue it felfe to fpeake for it felfe: and fo abide your learned cenfuring. Yours, VV. VV. 12 TO THE GEN- tlcmen Readers lEntlemen. The Swan fings melodioufly before death, that in all his life time vfeth but a iarring found. Greene, though able inough to write, yet deeplyer fearched with ficknefle then euer heretofore, fendes you his Swannc-like fong, for that he feares he fhal neuer againe carroll 8 to you woonted lone laycs, neuer againe difcouer to you youths pleafures. How euer yet ficknefle, riot, incontinence, haue at once fhown their extremitie, yet, if I recouer, you fhall all fee more frefh fprings then euer fprang from me, directing you how 12 to liue, yet not difTWading you from lone. This is the laft I haue writ; and I feare me, the laft I fhall write. And how euer I haue beene cenfured for fome of my former bookes, yet Gentlem...