Early Modern Whale

I have been away on holiday, to Cyprus, an isla...

‘Under part of this monument lyeth the body of Sir John Davis K who received ye hon. of Knigh...

One of the great deaths in Jacobean drama is that of Chapman’s Bussy D’Ambois: impelle...

“About one a clock at night, the Lecturer personating the Virgin Mary … made another...

Simon Sheppard is one of the few mid 17 th century humourists who remain funny. Satur...

My main image is the brass of Sir Christopher Ly...

“The Duke [i.e., of Mayenne, leading the forces of the Catholic League against Henri o...

Having recently finished Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall , one of thi...

“A certaine simple woman having some stals of Bees...