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Coles Pandosto: Or the Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia (Classic Reprint) at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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Excerpt from Pandosto: Or the Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia M TO the gentlemen readers health. The paultring Poet Aphranius, being blamed for troublinge the Emperor Trajan with so many doting Poems, adventured notwithstanding, stil to present him with rude and homely verses, excusing himselfe with the courtesie of the Emper our, which did as friendly accept, as he fondly offerd. So Gentlemen, if any condemne my rashnesse for troubling your cares with to many unlearned Pamphlets: Iwill straight shroud my selfe under the shadowe of your courtesies, and with Aphranius lay the blame on you as well for frendly reading them, as on my selfe for fondly penning them: Hop ing though fond curious, or rather currish backbiters breathe out slaunderous speeches yet the courteous Readers (whom Ifeare to offend) wil requite my travel], at the least with silence: and in this hope I rest wishing you health and happines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Pandosto: Or the Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia M TO the gentlemen readers health. The paultring Poet Aphranius, being blamed for troublinge the Emperor Trajan with so many doting Poems, adventured notwithstanding, stil to present him with rude and homely verses, excusing himselfe with the courtesie of the Emper our, which did as friendly accept, as he fondly offerd. So Gentlemen, if any condemne my rashnesse for troubling your cares with to many unlearned Pamphlets: Iwill straight shroud my selfe under the shadowe of your courtesies, and with Aphranius lay the blame on you as well for frendly reading them, as on my selfe for fondly penning them: Hop ing though fond curious, or rather currish backbiters breathe out slaunderous speeches yet the courteous Readers (whom Ifeare to offend) wil requite my travel], at the least with silence: and in this hope I rest wishing you health and happines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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