Micro-Cosmography, Title page – Table of contents
Micro-cosmographie. OR, A PEECE OF THE WORLD DISCOVERED; IN ESSAYES AND CHARACTERS.
LONDON, Printed by William Stansby for Edward Blount. 1628.
TO THE READER GENTILE OR GENTLE.
I HaueHave (for once) aduentur'd to playe the Mid-wifes part, helping to bring forth these Infants into the World, which the Father would hauehave duplicate page duplicate page smoothered: who hauing left them lapt vp in loose Sheets, as soon as his Fancy was deliuered of them; written especially for his priuate Recreation, to passe away the time in the Country, and by the forcible request of Friends drawne from him; Yet passing seuerally from hand to hand in written Copies, grew at length to be a prety number in a little Volume: and among so many sundry dispersed Trans…cripts, some very imperfect and surreptitious had like to hauehave past the Presse, if the Author had not vsed speedy meanes of preuention: When, perceiuing the hazard hee ran to be wrong'd, was vnwillingly willing to let them passe as now they appeare to the World. If any faults hauehave escap'd the Presse, (as few Bookes can bee printed without) impose them not on the Author I intreat Thee; but rather impute them to mine and the Printers ouersight, who seriously promise on the re-impression hereof by greater care and diligence, for this our former default, to make Thee ample satisfaction. In the mean while, I remaine
Thine, ED: BLOVNT.
A TABLE OF CONTENTS.
A Childe. 1.
A young raw Preacher. 2.
A graue Diuine. 3.
A meere dull Physitian. 4.
An Alderman. 5.
A discontented Man. 6.
An Antiquary. 7.
A younger Brother. 9.
A formall Man. 10.
A Church-Papist. 11
A selfe-conceied man. 12▪
A Tauerne. 13▪
A reseru'd Man. 14▪
A Sharke. 15▪
A Carier. 16▪
An old Colledge Pu… ler. 17▪
An Vpstart Knight. 18▪
An idle Gallant. 19▪
A Constable. 20▪
A downe-right Scholler 21▪
A Player. 22▪
A Detractor. 23▪
A young Gentleman o… the Vniuersity. 24▪
A Pot-Poet. 25.
A Cooke. 26.
A forward Man. 27.
A Baker. 28.
A plaine Country Fellow. 30.
A Young-Man. 31.
The common Singing-Men. 32.
A Pretender to Learning. 33.
A Shop-keeper. 34.
A Handsome Hostesse. 35.
A Blunt Man. 36.
A Criticke. 37.
A Sergeant. 38.
A weake Man. 39▪
A Tobacco seller. 40▪
A plausible Man. 41▪
The Worlds wise Man 42▪
A Bowle-Alley. 43▪
A Surgeon. 44▪
A Shee-precise Hypocrite. 45▪
A Contemplatiue Man 46▪
An Aturney. 47▪
A Sceptick in religion. 48▪
A Partiall man. 49▪
A Trumpeter. 50▪
A vulgar-spirited Man 51▪
A ploddding Student. 52.
Pauls Walke. 53.
An Vniuersity Dun. 54.
A stayed Man. 55.
FINIS.