Playes confuted in fiue actions : prouing that they are not to be suffred in a Christian common weale, by the waye both the cauils of Thomas Lodge, and the play of playes, written in their defence, and other obiections of players frendes, are truely set downe and directlye aunsweared. By Steph. Gosson, stud. Oxon.
Playes confuted in fiue actions : prouing that they are not to be suffred in a Christian common weale, by the waye both the cauils of Thomas Lodge, and the play of playes, written in their defence, and other obiections of players frendes, are truely set downe and directlye aunsweared. By Steph. Gosson, stud. Oxon.
Created/published
London : Imprinted for Thomas Gosson dwelling in Pater noster row at the signe of the Sunne, [1582]
In part a reply to "Protogenes can know Apelles by his line though he se him not" by Thomas Lodge; "The play of playes" is untraced. Publication date from STC. Signatures: pi1 ²pi⁴ A-G⁸. Stationers' register: Entered 6 March [ap?] 1582.
ESTC staff note
Both DFo and F.S. Ferguson notes conjecture T. Dawson as printer. - Slip-cancel on B8r. - Copy filmed is CSmH 61174.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 12095 English short title catalogue (ESTC), S105757
cs448. Front cover and endpapers detached. Manuscript notes. With extra leaf bound at end, blank except for signature mark [fist]: could this be the leaf found at beginning of STC 12093 or 12097? T.p. mended. Provenance: J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps - Marsden J. Perry copy
