The essayes of a prentise, in the divine art of poesie
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 346
Publisher: By Thomas Vautroullier
Published: 1584
Place of publication: Imprinted at Edinbrugh [sic]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: English Sonnets
Notes: Signatures: *⁴ A-P⁴.

Leaves A2, O1, and O3 are blank.

At foot of title: Cum priuilegio regali.

In verse, mostly in Scots dialect.

"I have insert for the filling out of thir vacand pageis, the verie wordis of Plinius upon the Phoenix", sig.P4.

By James I, whose name (Jacobus Sextus) is given in an acrostic on A1r.

"The Vranie translated", "Ane metaphoricall inuention of a tragedie called Phoenix", "A paraphrasticall translation outof the poete Lucane", "Ane schort treatise", "The CIIII. Psalme" each has divisional title page; register is continuous.

"The Uranie" is a translation of "L'Uranie ou Muse celeste" by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, with French and English on facing pages.

STC (2nd ed.) 14373