‘Lett none our Lombard author rudely blame for’s righteous paine’: An Annotated Copy of Sir William Davenant’s Gondibert (1651)

• Published in: Library Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 24 - 50
• Main Author: Allsopp, Niall
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Oxford University Press 01.03.2015; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: D Avenant, William, Sir (1606-1668); Humanism; Poetry; Poets; Reading

The article focuses on hostile annotations on a copy of the 1651 quarto edition of Sir William Davenant's epic poem 'Gondibert', now held at the National Library of Scotland. It describes the problems of interpreting the annotations; their likely date, social context, and political st...