title: 1 The Iron Age
variant_description: The title page exists in two states: Greg 467a(i) contains the printer's device 367; Greg 467a(ii) contains a woodcut illustration. See also Greg 
title_page_title: The Iron Age: Contayning the Rape of <i>Hellen:</i> The  siege of <i>Troy:</i> The Combate betwixt <i>Hector</i> and <i>Aiax</i>: <i>Hector</i> and <i>Troilus</i> slayne by <i>Achilles: Achilles</i> slaine by <i>Paris: Aiax</i> and <i>Vlisses</i> contend for the Armour of <i>Achilles:</i> The Death of <i>Aiax, &c.</i>
title_page_author: <i>Written</i> by T<small>HOMAS</small> H<small>EYWOOD</small>.
title-page_latin_motto: <i>Aut prodesse solent audi Delectare</i>.
title_page_imprint: Printed at <i>London</i> by <i>Nicholas Okes</i>, 1632.
paratext_dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" <i>to</i>: Thomas Hammond (<i>of Gray's Inn</i>); <i>from</i>: Thomas Heywood [A3r]
paratext_charachter_list: "Drammatis Personæ" [A2v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Aug 2, 1630: Transferred from Nicholas Okes to John Okes: "The Iron Age." (probably an error for <i>The Brazen Age</i>)
transcript_modern_spelling: The Iron Age containing the rape of Helen the siege of Troy the combat betwixt Hector and Ajax Hector and Troilus slain by Achilles Achilles slain by Paris Ajax and Ulysses contend for the armor of Achilles the death of Ajax etc. written by Thomas Heywood aut prodesse solent aut Delectare printed at London by Nicholas Okes 1632