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A scholarly edition of a work by Thomas Deloney. The edition
presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction,
commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
A scholarly edition of works by Thomas Deloney. The edition
presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction,
commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
"Among all manual arts used in this land, none is more famous for
desert, or more beneficial to the commonwealth, than is the most
necessary art of clothing." So begins Thomas Deloney's
extraordinary prose narrative, dedicated "To All Famous
Clothworkers in England." It is an amiable and remarkably
entertaining work of fiction-and also one that connects powerfully
with the real world of sixteenth-century England. Deloney recounts
the story of "John Winchcombe, in his younger years called Jack of
Newbury," an early sixteenth-century apprentice in the company of
weavers. Courted by the wife of his former master, he marries her
and thereby becomes wealthy; spends time in the court of Henry VIII
and challenges Cardinal Wolsey; and becomes embroiled in a range of
comic situations. Amusing as it is, the work also has a serious
message: as Peter Herman puts it in his introduction to the volume,
"the truly valuable subjects are not the nobility, but the merchant
class, people who either labor or provide the opportunity for
labor. Industry is the nation's strength, not chivalry. And women
are to be respected, not used and then discarded." Set in the early
sixteenth century Jack of Newbury resonated powerfully with readers
in the 1590s-an era of economic crisis, high unemployment, and
great suffering, for all its literary flowering-and was enormously
popular. The range of contextual materials included with this
edition help to set it in the broader context of its economic and
political as well as literary culture.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
A Trecherous deede forthwith I shall you tell, Which on King John
vpon a sudden fell: To Lincolneshire proceeding on his way, At
Swinestead Abby, one whole night he lay.
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