The Actors Vindication, containing, Three brief Treatises, viz. I. Their
Antiquity. II. Their antient Dignity. III. The true Use of their
Quality. Written by Thomas Heywood. Et prodesse solent & delectare----
_London, Printed by G. E. for W. C._
4^o. (7-1/4 × 5-3/8). R. 18. 5.
Collation: A^4a^4B-G^4, paged. Wanting G 4 (? blank). Epistle
dedicatory to Henry, Marquis of Dorchester, signed W. C. (i.e.
Cartwright, the bookseller.) Epistle 'To my good Friends and
Fellows, the Actors of this City', signed T. H. Address to the
reader signed T. Heywood. Commendatory verses signed: [Greek: Al
Pr] (Greek), 'Pessimus omnium Poëta' (Latin), A. H., J. W., R. P.,
C. B., R. P., J. T. (For names represented by these initials see
the ed. of 1612.) 'The Author to his Booke', verses signed. This
edition was probably printed about 1655.
Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's, selected out of Lucian, Erasmus,
Textor, Ovid, &c. With sundry Emblems extracted from the most elegant
Iacobus Catsius. As also certaine Elegies, Epitaphs, and Epithalamions
or Nuptiall Songs; Anagrams and Acrosticks; With divers Speeches (upon
severall occasions) spoken to their most Excellent Majesties, King
Charles, and Queene Mary. With other Fancies translated from Beza,
Bucanan, and sundry Italian Poets. By Tho. Heywood. Aut prodesse solent,
aut delectare---- _London, Printed by R. O. for R. H. and are to be sold
by Thomas Slater at the Swan in Duck-lane_ 1637.
8^o. (5-5/8 × 3-1/2). *. 2.
Collation: A-V^8, paged. Wanting A 1 (? blank.) Epistle dedicatory
to Henry Cary, Baron of Hunsdon, Earle of Dover, signed. Epistle to
the reader, signed. Table of contents. Commendatory verses, signed:
Sh. Marmion, D. E., S. N. The volume contains, eighteen
'Dialogues', three 'Dramas', 'An Emblematicall Dialogue',
'Prologues and Epilogues', 'Elegies and Epitaphs', 'Epithalamions',
'Epigrams', 'Sundry other Fancies', 'Annotations' on the dialogues
&c., and some verses translated from Perisaulus Faustinus. Much
that appeared in this volume must have been written at least forty
years before.