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Field, Nathaniel (1587-1620?) Amends for Ladies. With the Merry Prankes of Moll Cut-Purse: Or, the Humour of Roaring.
London: by Io. Okes for Math. Walbancke, 1639.
Second edition, quarto, lacking initial blank, contents generally good, headlines, catchwords and signature marks intact; bound in half calf; purchased from Harry Levinson in 1973, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
STC 10853; Greg II 356 (b); ESTC S102046; rare at auction.
The iconic character, Moll Cut-Purse, was first introduced in this edition. Scholars have attributed the source of the story to the novel of the Curious Impertinent found in Don Quixote. Field was a member of Shakespeare's acting company. Amends for Ladies contains references to the Fortune Theatre and Shakespeare's Falstaff. "Did you never see the Play where the fat Knight hight Old-castle did tell you truley what this honor was?" (Quoted from the present work, G1 recto.)
