The Plague in Print: Essential Elizabethan Sources, 1558–1603

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DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY PRESS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA The Plague in print Essential Elizabethan Sources, 1558–1603 Transcribed and edited with critical commentary by RebeccaTotaro Copyright © 2010 Duquesne University Press All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY PRESS 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282 No part of this book may be used or reproduced, in any manner or form whatsoever, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of short quotations in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The plague in print : essential Elizabethan sources, 1558–1603 / transcribed and edited with critical commentary by Rebecca Totaro. p. cm.—(Medieval & Renaissance literary studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “This collection of early modern writing related to the bubonic plague includes remedies, literature, orders, prayers, and a bill—each modernized and annotated with two accompanying glossaries, one general and one for medical and herbal terms; the author’s commentary highlights the cultural significance of plague references in various early modern literature”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-8207-0426-5 (cloth) 1. Plague—England—Literary collections. 2. English literature—Early modern, 1500–1700. 3. Plague—England—History—16th century— Sources. 4. Plague—England—History—17th century—Sources. 5. Plague in literature. I. Totaro, Rebecca Carol Noel, 1968– PR1125.P53 2009 820.9’3561—dc22 2009037182 First eBook edition, 2011 ISBN 978-0-8207-0529-3 ...