title: Wit and Fancy in a Maze, or The Incomparable Champion of Love and Beauty
variant_description: There are three issues of this collection, with different book titles and author attributions on their title pages. Wing H2437 contains the original title leaf dated 1656; its preliminaries contain a dedication but not an engraved frontispiece. In Wing H2445, dated 1656, the original half-sheet <i>A</i><sup>4</sup> was replaced by a single fold <i>A</i><sup>2</sup>; its preliminaries contain an engraved frontispiece [<i>A</i>1v] but no dedication. In Wing H2443, dated 1660, the original half-sheet <i>A</i><sup>4</sup> was replaced a single fold <i>A</i><sup>2</sup>; its preliminaries contain an engraved frontispiece [<i>A</i>1v] but no dedication, and the imprint lists the book as "Printed for the Author." (Greg distinguishes these three issues as 768a(i), 768a(ii), and 768a(iii), but these changes to the collection do not affect the play <i>Venus and Adonis</i>, which remains unchanged in each issue). See also Wing 
title_page_title: WIT and FANCY <i>In a Ma</i>z<i>e</i>. OR THE Incomparable Champion OF Love and Beautie. A <i>Mock-Romance</i>. Imbellished with many rare and choyce Pieces of Drollery. AND A Marginall Comment Expounding the obscure things of the History.
title_page_author: Written originally in the <i>British</i> Tongue, and  made <i>English</i> by a person of much Honor.
title-page_latin_motto: <i>Si foret in terris rideret Democritus</i>.
title_page_imprint: <i>London</i>, Printed by <i>T. W.</i> for <i>Tho. Vere</i>, at the sign of the Angel without Newgate. 1656.
transcript_modern_spelling: Wit and fancy in a maze or the incomparable champion of love and beauty a mock romance embellished with many rare and choice pieces of Drollery and a marginal comment expounding the obscure things of the history written originally in the British tongue and made English by a person of much honor si foret in terris rideret Democritus London printed by T.W. for Tho. Vere at the sign of the angel without newgate 1656