A nevv post vvith soueraigne salue to cure the worlds madnes. Expressing himselfe in sundrie excellent essayes or wittie discourses. A marke exceeding necessary for all mens arrowes: whether the great mans flight, the gallants rouer. the wisemans prickeshaft, the poore mans butshaft, or the fooles birdbolt, quantus in orbe dolus. By Sir I.D. Knight.

Abstract

By Robert Mason. Formerly attributed to Sir John Davies, who apparently wrote the poem "Reasons moane" at end. The lines "the great mans flight .. the fooles birdbolt" are bracketed together on the title page. Publication date from STC. A reissue of "Reasons academie", with quire A reprinted by George Eld: A1, title page as above; A2-3, new introduction; A4 signed "B" and cancelling original B1. In this issue the first line of text on B1r ends: consist. Variant: new A2-4 not present; B1 is cancellandum, with first line of text ending: to dis-. Identified as STC 6354 on UMI microfilm. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.