George Puttenham 
Arte of English Poesie [PDF ebook] 
June 1589

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Hitherto we have dealt with the intention of the book, its execution is too large a fubjeet for confider ation here A few points may be fimply glanced at.