title: Vertumnus sive Annus Recurrens
variant_description: The title page exists in two states, both with the same Greg number (L6a) but different STC numbers: STC 12555 spells the publisher's name "Blunt"; STC 12555.5 spells it "Blount." See also the other Greg 
title_page_title: VERTVMNVS SIVE ANNVS RECVRRENS
title_page_performance: OXONII, XXIX AVGVSTI, Anno. 1605. Coram I<small>ACOBO</small> Rege, H<small>ENRICO</small> Principe Proceribus. <i>A Joannensibus in Scena recitatus</i> ab vno scriptus, Phrasi Comicâ <i>prope Tragicis senariis</i>.
title-page_latin_motto: Hor. lib.<small>I</small>. ep. vlt.<small>I</small>. <i>Vertumnum, Ianumque liber spectare videtur</i>.
title_page_imprint: LONDINI, <i>Ex Officina Nicholai Okes</i>. Impensis Ed. Blount. 1607.
paratext_dedication: "Epistola Dedicatoria" <i>to</i>: Henry Frederick, Prince; <i>from</i>: Matthew Gwinne [<sup>π</sup>A2r]. Verses <i>to</i>: Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery (4th Earl of Pembroke); <i>from</i>: unsigned [<sup>π</sup>B3r].
  
paratext_charachter_list: "Personae" [<sup>π</sup>C2r]
paratext_other_paratexts: "Author ad Librum" signed "Io: Sansbery" with a note on the proscenium [<sup>π</sup>C2v]; speeches in verse headed "Ad Regis introitum, è Ioannensi Collegio extra portam Vrbis Borealem sito, tres quasi Sibyllæ, sic (vt é sylua) salutarunt" signed "M. G." [H3r]
transcript_modern_spelling: Vertumnus sive annus recurrens oxonii xxix augusti anno 1605 coram iacobo rege Henrico principe proceribus a ioannensibus in scena recitatus ab uno scriptus phrasi comica prope tragicis senariis hor lib.i. ep. Ult.i. vertumnum ianumque liber spectare videtur londini ex officina nicholai okes impensis ed blunt 1607