Author: Churchyard, Thomas.
Title: THE WORTHINES OF WALES A Poem. A True Note of The auncient Castles, famous Monuments, good-ly Rivers, faire Bridges, fine Townes, and courteous People, that I have seen in the noble Countie of Wales, and Now Set Forth ...
Description: London Reprinted from the edition of 1587 for Thomas Evans ..., 1776. 2nd Ed. Sm. thin 8vo. xv + 128pp. Some light browning, with the signature of Edw. Watkins, gilt rule edged vellum, spotted, gilt ruling and motifs with title to spine. ¶ Thomas Churchyard (1523?–1604), writer and soldier. ESTC T98908 ‘With a half-title. P.106 misnumbered 06.’ ODNB’... an account of the landscape and history of Wales for which he must have toured the area in 1586, represents a new departure for Churchyard: he is often digressive and returns frequently to the idea of mutability, but he is thorough and disciplined beyond his usual standards ...’

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; WALES


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