Charles Barber 
Early Modern English [PDF ebook] 

Now available in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 – the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the history of English and takes full account of those readers who are mainly interested in the literature of the period by providing plenty of references to literary works and authors.