The Faerie Queene (1590) is an epic poem by Edmund Spenser (c. 1552–1599), which follows the adventures of a number of medieval knights. The poem, written in a deliberately archaic style, draws on history and myth, particularly the legends of Arthur. From Book III we find this verse (6)
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William West was an English lawyer and legal writer known for his writing of the text below, Simboleography, which was a standard legal text during the late 1500's to early 1600's.
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Essays of Elia was a collection of popular essays written by Charles Lamb in 1823 and 1833.
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"The Witches Pharmacopoeia is one of the better academic works dealing with the use of herbs and other things within the traditional workings of witchery both real and fraudulent. Speaking of Shakespearean verse, ancient tales from pagan tradition, and the burning times, it speaks of more than just wolfsbane and nightshade. Delivered by the assistant librarian to the US Surgeon General at the time, the work sums up a tradition found through centuries of grimoires and other literature within the occult."
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A collection of fairy poems by Walter de la Mare with illustrations from Dorothy Lathrop; originally published in 1922. Walter de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. Source: Internet Archive
Written by Seabury Quinn for Weird Tales, this noted author bring to life true tales of witch trial persecution within the pages of Weird Tales magazine. Source: Internet Archive
