title: Il Pastor Fido (The Faithful Shepherd)
variant_description: There are two issues of this edition. Greg 629a(i) contains the original title leaf dated 1647. Greg 629a(ii) contains a cancel title leaf dated 1648, advertising additional poems and a discourse on the civil wars of Rome, giving a different author attribution and publisher, and adding a Latin motto. Twelve quires were added to this issue, one at the beginning of the book [<sup>π</sup>A4] and eleven at the end [2G-2R<sup>4</sup>]; the additional preliminary quire contains a new dedication, a new address to the reader, and "An Index of the several things contained in this book." See also Greg 
title_page_title: IL PASTOR FIDO, The faithfull Shepherd. A  PASTORALL
title_page_author: Written in Italian by <i>BAPTISTA GVARINI</i>, a  Knight of ITALIE. And <i>now Newly</i> Translated out of the O<small>RIGINALL</small>.
title_page_imprint: LONDON, Printed by <i>R. Raworth</i>, M DC XLVII.
paratext_dedication: Epistle <i>to</i>: Charles, Prince of Wales (<i>later King Charles II</i>); <i>from</i>: unsigned [A3r]
paratext_charachter_list: "The Speakers" [a2r]
paratext_other_paratexts: Engraved illustration of a river god, inscribed "Alfeo. F." [a2v]; two poems to the Prince of Wales (dated 1645 and 1646) [2F1r]
stationer_entries_in_register: Jun 8, 1647: Entered to Ruth Raworth: "a booke called Il Pastor fido written originally in Italian & now newly translated into English &c. Salvo Iure cuiuscunq<i>ue</i>".<br />Feb 6, 1648: Transferred from Ruth Raworth to Humphrey Moseley: "a booke called Il. Pastor fido. or the faithfull Sheaphard &c translated into English by m<sup>r</sup> ffran: [<i>sic</i>] ffanshaw w<sup>th</sup> diuers other poems annexed therevnto by the same author".
transcript_modern_spelling: Il pastor fido the faithful shepherd a pastoral written in Italian by Baptista guarini a knight of Italy and now newly translated out of the original London printed by R. Raworth MDCXLVII