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Tarlton's Jests, and News out of purgatory : with notes, and some account of the life of Tarlton / by James Orchard Halliwell.

Other author/creatorHalliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 editor.
Other author/creatorChettle, Henry, -1607? Kind-Harts dreame.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1844.
Descriptionxlvii, 135 pages : portrait, 1 illustration ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Shakespeare society. Publications ; no. 20
Shakespeare Society (London, England). Publications ; no. 20. UNAUTHORIZED
Library of English literature ; LEL 10563. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction.--Tarlton's jests: Court-witty jests. Sound city jests, Pretty countrey jests.--Tarlton's Newes out of purgatory.--Appendix: Extracts from "The cobler of Canterburie" (an answer to "The news out of purgatorie") A very lamentable and wofull discours of the fierce fluds whiche lately flowed in Bedfordshire, in Lincolnshire, and in many other places, withe great losses of sheep and other cattel, the 5. of October, 1570. Extract from Chettle's "Kind-Harts dreame."
General noteMore or less fictitious anecdotes, many of them far older than Tarlton, who probably was in no way responsible for either work. cf. Dict. Nat. Biog., and introd.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1970. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 10563)
Other titleNewes out of purgatorie microform.
Other titleTarlton's News out of purgatory microform.
Other titleCobler of Canterburie microform.
Other titleVery lamentable and wofull discours. microform.

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