of JOHN OGILBY,
_The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse_ (1668), with an Introduction
by Earl Miner. Ogilby's book is commonly thought one of the finest
examples of seventeenth-century bookmaking and is illustrated with
eighty-one plates. Publication is assisted by funds from the Chancellor
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Errors and Inconsistencies noted by transcriber:

The two pages beginning "does not Appear that he ..." and ending "...The
Honours you have Conferr'd" are missing from the facsimile and had to be
taken from a different source. Some readings are uncertain.

This passage from the opening speech shows the original line length:

Nobles, -- Commons -- Beaux, Bells -- Wits,
Critics, -- Bards & Bardlins, -- and ye my very
good Friends of Common Sense, -- tho' last, not
least in Merit, -- Greeting, and Patience to you

Introduction:

Sir Archy MacSarcasm in _Love-a-la-Mode_,
[_printed "Love/a-la-Mode" at line break_]
Pett-en-l'air, which eighteenth-century costume books portray as
a short, loose shift
[_"Pet: en l'air" or "pet-en-l'air" literally translates as
"fart in the air"_]

Covent Garden:

of the Quorum of Parnassus [_"Quorom" with o corrected to u_]
as my whole design is new [_or "be new": text smudged near margin_]
So much by way of Oratia now for Action--
[_should be "Oration" but looks like "Oratia"_]
I will Scour the whole Circle of this metropolis
[_text has "of" at line-end, with beginning of next line crossed
out and replaced with "of this Metropolis"_]
I vow I should be glad of it.
[_"vow" corrected from different word, possibly "own" or "know"_]
Your hble. Sr. [_written "hble" with line through ascenders_]
what the filthy Lawyers call-- Rems in Re
[_written as shown; correct word is "Reus"_]
Sir Harry and she were least together
[_written "least" as shown: garbling of "seen" and "last"?_]
the Animals, exhibited [_first e in "exhibited" invisible_]
But there is a further Charge against this Lady;
[_phrase roughly underlined, apparently by Examiner