William Godwin's Diary

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Juventus, pp. 43 (10  December  1817) Wever, RichardAn enterlude called lusty Iuventus. Liuely describyng the frailtie of youth. Of nature, prone to vyce. By grace and good councell traynable to vertue. 1550?
WG may have read this item in the following collection (which contains many other items read by WG around this time):
Hawkins, ThomasThe origin of English drama, illustrated in its various species, viz. mystery, morality, tragedy, and comedy, by specimens from our earliest writers. With explanatory notes by Thomas Hawkins… (3 volumes) 1773
For Table of contents, see WG's diary for 1816-02-25.
WG's sale catalog lists:
Hawkins' (Tho.) Origin of the English Drama, illustrated by specimens, with explanatory Notes, 3 vol. Oxf. 1773 (item 279).

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