title: The Fancies Theater (The Mirror of Fancies)
variant_description: There are two issues of this collection. STC 23704 contains the original title leaf dated 1640, listing Norton as printer and Best as publisher. Wing T229 contains a cancel title leaf dated 1657, listing Burden as publisher (and no printer) and with a different author attribution, performance attribution, and Latin motto; the title page for <i>Love Crowns the End</i> also contains a cancel title page. See also Wing 
title_page_title: THE MIRROUR OF FANCIES. WITH A Tragicomedy Intitled, <i>Love Crowns the End</i>.
title_page_author: By <i>Jo. Tatham</i>, Gent.
title_page_performance: Acted by the Schollars of Bingham in the County of Nottingham.
title_page_imprint: <i>LONDON</i>, Printed for <i>W. Burden</i> in Cannon-street neer London-stone, 1657.
paratext_dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" <i>to</i>: John Winter (Secretary of State and Master of Requests to Queen Henrietta Maria); <i>from</i>: John Tatham [*3r]. Verses <i>to</i>: "the honor'd Patron of his Book"; <i>from</i>: John Tatham [*4v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Oct 15, 1640: Entered to Richard Best: "a booke called The ffancies Theater, by Iohn Tatham".
transcript_modern_spelling: The mirror of fancies with a tragicomedy entitled love crowns the end acted by the scholars of bingham in the county of Nottingham by jo. Tatham gent London printed for w. burden in cannon street near London stone 1657