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He was the son of William Bodnam and Katherine Wanton.
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EARLY ENGLISH WIT, POETRY & SATIRE. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The power of literary device was never more in its prime than during this period of history, where a wide array of political and religious satire mocked the status quo and poetry called humankind to transcend the rigors of daily life through love, God or principle. This series comments on historical patterns of the human condition that are still visible today. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Politeuphuia, wits common-wealth Wits' common-wealth. N. L. fl. 1580-1607. Bodenham, John, fl. 1600. Edition statement: Newly corrected and amended. Errors in paging. "A table ..." i.e. index: p. 3-6 at end. Dedication to John Bodenham signed: N.L. i.e. Nicholas Ling. Usually ascribed to John Bodenham, who planned the collection, though the work seems to have been done by Nicholas Ling. Cf. NUC-pre 1956. Running title: Wits' common-wealth. 6, 321, 6 p. London : Printed by James Flesher, and are to be sold by Richard Royston ..., Wing / L2338 English Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery ++++ This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher. While we have attempted to accurately maintain the integrity of the original work, there are sometimes problems with the original work or the micro-film from which the books were digitized. This can result in errors in reproduction. Possible imperfections include missing and blurred pages, poor pictures, markings and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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EARLY LITERATURE. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. This comprehensive collection begins with the famous Elizabethan Era that saw such literary giants as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Marlowe, as well as the introduction of the sonnet. Traveling through Jacobean and Restoration literature, the highlight of this series is the Pollard and Redgrave 1475-1640 selection of the rarest works from the English Renaissance. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Politeuphuia wit's commonwealth : newly corrected and ammended. N. L. fl. 1580-1607. Bodenham, John, fl. 1600. Running title: Wits commonwealth. Variously attributed to John Bodenham and Nicholas Ling. Includes index. Imperfect: pages cropped and stained, with slight loss of print. 6, 391, 8 p. London : Printed by R. Young for J. Smethwicke and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1642. Wing / L2336 English Reproduction of the original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus) ++++ This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher. While we have attempted to accurately maintain the integrity of the original work, there are sometimes problems with the original work or the micro-film from which the books were digitized. This can result in errors in reproduction. Possible imperfections include missing and blurred pages, poor pictures, markings and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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(EARLY ENGLISH WIT, POETRY & SATIRE. Imagine holding histo...)
EARLY ENGLISH WIT, POETRY & SATIRE. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The power of literary device was never more in its prime than during this period of history, where a wide array of political and religious satire mocked the status quo and poetry called humankind to transcend the rigors of daily life through love, God or principle. This series comments on historical patterns of the human condition that are still visible today. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Politeuphuia, wits common-wealth, or, A treasury of divine, moral, historical, and political admonitions, similies, and sentences for the use of schools. Wits common-wealth. Treasury of divine, moral, historical, and political admonitions. N. L. fl. 1580-1607. Bodenham, John, fl. 1600. Edition statement: Newly revised. "The epistle dedicatory" and "To the reader" signed: N.L. Usually ascribed to John Bodenham, who planned the collection, though the work appears to have been done by Nicholas Ling. cf. Dedication; also DNB. Often cited as Wits' commonwealth, and some editions appeared under that title. Published first in 1597, as the first in a series of which Mere's "Palladis Tamia," 1598, was the second; "Wits Theater of the little world," by Robert Allott, 1598, the third; and "Palladis Palatium. Wisedoms Pallace," 1604, the fourth. cf. DNB. Includes index. 6, 321, 6 p. London : Printed by J.H. for W. Freeman ..., Wing / L2348 English Reproduction of the original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus) ++++ This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher. While we have attempted to accurately maintain the integrity of the original work, there are sometimes problems with the original work or the micro-film from which the books were digitized. This can result in errors in reproduction. Possible imperfections include missing and blurred pages, poor pictures, markings and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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He was the son of William Bodnam and Katherine Wanton.
He was educated at Merchant Taylors" School.
Mr. Bullen says that Bodenham did not himself edit any of the Elizabethan miscellanies attributed to him by bibliographers: but that he projected their publication, and he befriended the editors.
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