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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

A Fooles Bolt is soone shot, 1630

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This is some pretty cool perspective for a woodcut, eh? You wouldn't want to run into this guy in a filthy alleyway -- especially be...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Peter Stubbe Redux; General Werewolf update

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A while ago I did a post about the fairly famous German werewolf case of Peter Stubbe, from the pamphlet A true discourse Declaring the damn...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

The Dead Mans Song, 1685

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This is a preview of my new hit blog  ERMAHGERD, MAHNERSCRERPTS! You're gonna lerv it. (Seriously, I think that girl is amazing.) ...
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Saturday, July 7, 2012

The Cryes of the Dead, 1620

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" The Cryes of the Dead " is a nice and gory murder ballad about a man, Richard Price the Weaver, who tortured and killed thr...
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Monday, July 2, 2012

Chastities Conquest; or, No Trusting before Marriage, 1672

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By now, we've all been subjected to the undeniable appeal of teen pop sensation Carley Rae Jepson's infectious summer hit, "...
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Saturday, June 2, 2012

A Maydens Lamentation for a Bedfellow. Or, I can, nor will no longer lye alone, 1615

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Don't pretend you don't watch Toddlers & Tiaras . Just don't. We need to all be open and honest. This...
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Friday, June 1, 2012

The Honour of a London 'Prentice; Being an Account of his Matchless Manhood and brave Adventures done in Turkey, 1763

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Listen, we need to talk about something. Something important. Something that is a documentary and the ...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

A Worthy Example of a Vertuous Wife, who Fed her Father with her own Milk, 1686

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a.k.a. Renaissance, you're so gross! Part II Father's day is coming up, so figured I'd disturb the holy hell out of you this ye...
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Friday, January 7, 2011

The Wonderfull Battell of Starelings,1622

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Today in topical dead bird news: With all the dead birds falling from the sky lately (a.k.a. "the Aflockalypse "), I was reminded...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Shepherd's ingenuity: or, The praise of the green gown, 1688

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May is International Make-out Month*! It's true! I'll explain: May 1st, or May Day , is a traditional celebration welcoming the comi...
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Friday, April 2, 2010

A systeme of anatomy, 1685

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It's Easter! Bunnies and Candy time! I think Jesus may be involved in some fashion, too. A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of m...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

English military discipline, or, The way and method of exercising horse & foot according to the practice of this present time,1680

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Whenever people ask me if I had a good day, I think to myself, "did I have to use my A.K.?" That's a pretty good litmus test ...
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Saturday, March 6, 2010

The Husband's Instructions to his Family, 1685

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Okay, so the sign really said "A Family well Govern'd is, like a Kingdom, well Ruled," but this is essentially the same thing....
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Loves Lamentable Tragedy, 1680

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Love's Lamentable Tragedy, in this case, refers to the pain of lost love. From the title page: "When cruel lovers prove...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

A true discourse Declaring the damnable life and death of one Stubbe Peeter, 1590

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The full title: A true discourse. Declaring the damnable life and death of one Stubbe Peeter, a most wicked sorcerer who in the likenes of a...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Tears of the Indians, 1656

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It's that time of year again. Turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce and a side of pondering the oppression of native peoples. Also som...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Seaman's Secrets, 1626

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John Davis (c.1550-1605) was a successful explorer during the reign of Elizabeth I. He discovered the Falkland Islands, where his crew kill...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Chirologia, or the Naturall Language of the Hand, 1644

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John Bulwer was a medical practitioner and, essentially, an early linguistic theorist who explored the idea of the physical human body as a...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Description of a Monstrous Pig, 1562

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Good God, WHERE IS ITS FACE? This is the most awful picture I've ever seen, and I've seen some gross pig pictures i n my day. This ...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

Walter Raleigh was on The Simpsons!

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I don't normally tune in to The Simpsons , but last night I was flipping through and saw that the first 5 minute vignette of this episod...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A true relation of the admirable voiage and trauell of William Bush, 1607

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Full title: A true relation of the admirable voiage and trauell of William Bush gentleman who with his owne handes without any other mans h...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Happy Birthday Shakespeare!

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Today is William Shakespeare's birthday! And death day! Party at my house -- we'll hold a feast in great solemnity . I sort of love ...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Sir Francis Drake Revived, 1653

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Sir Francis Drake is interesting to me. Not because he defeated the Spanish Armada, or because he circumnavigated the globe or anything bor...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

The Life and Death of Griffin Flood, 1623

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Griffin Flood was a rogue, con-man and informer who scammed a bunch of people out of their money (and was a tattletale). He specialized in t...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Mars in his field, or, the exercise of arms, 1625

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No you fucking don't. He'll cut you so bad you'll wish he didn't cut you. By the way, if you are presenting your drawn sword...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Vermiculars destroyed, 1690

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The full title is: Vermiculars destroyed with an historical account of worms, collected from the best authors as well ancient as modern, pr...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

The Anatomy of Human Bodies Epitomized, 1697

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Thomas Gibson (1647-1722) wrote this anatomy book, and I choose this particular heart for my valentine because a.) it's a pretty good dr...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Guystarde and Sygysmonde, 1532

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This is the english translation of Boccaccio's Decameron 's day 4, tale 1, in which Tancredi, Prince of Salerno and father of Ghism...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Mikrokosmographia, 1615

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"The fruit which it [the gallows] produces, Doth seldom serve for profitable uses: Except the skillful Surgeon’s industry Do make Disse...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

President Rochester, 2009

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President Wilmot would probably spend all our tax money on booze and hookers, but that's not too far removed from what most politicians ...
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Erstwhile PhD student in Renaissance studies, then I got an MLS. LOL Manuscripts is how I amuse myself as I scour EEBO for research. I'm pretty confident that it will be accepted as my dissertation.
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