The Zodiake of Life Written by the Godly and zealous Poet Marcellus
Pallingenius stellatus, wherein are conteyned twelue Bookes disclosing
the haynous Crymes & wicked vices of our corrupt nature: And plainlye
declaring the pleasaunt and perfit pathway vnto eternall lyfe, besides a
numbre of digressions both pleasaunt & profitable, Newly translated into
Englishe verse by Barnabæ Googe. Probitas laudatur & alget. _Imprinted
at London by Henry Denham, for Rafe Newberye dwelling in Fleete streate.
Anno._ 1565. _Aprilis._ 18.
=B. L.= 8^o. (5-3/8 × 3-3/4). *. 4. 1.
Collation: *^{8}[dg]^4A-Y^{8}2A-2X^{8}2Y^4, unpaged.
Coat of arms with initials B. G. (_i.e._ Barnabe Googe).
Commendatory verses, from Gilbertus Duke, Christoferus Carlilus,
Iacobus Itzuertus, G. Chatertonus, David Bellus, Richardus
Stephanus, all in Latin except the last, which is in Greek with
Latin translation. Epistle dedicatory to Sir William Cecill, signed
by the translator. Address to the reader. Errata. Palingenius was
the pseudonym under which Manzolli wrote. Books i-iii of the
translation appeared in 1560, books i-vi in 1561; the present is
the first edition of the complete work.
Sinker 331. BM 1189.