The Pastime of Pleasure: An Allegorical Poem

by Stephen Hawes

Percy Society.

EARLY ENGLISH POETRY,
BALLADS,
AND POPULAR LITERATURE
OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
EDITED FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS
AND SCARCE PUBLICATIONS.

VOL. XVIII.

LONDON.
PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY,
BY T. RICHARDS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.

M.DCCC.XLVI.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XVIII.

THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE.
BY STEPHEN HAWES.

THE
PASTIME OF PLEASURE:

An Allegorical Poem,

BY
STEPHEN HAWES.

REPRINTED FROM THE EDITION OF 1555.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY,
BY T. RICHARDS, 100, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.
M.DCCC.XLV.

Council, 1845-6.

President,

The Rt. Hon. LORD BRAYBROOKE, F.S.A.

THOMAS AMYOT, Esq. F.R.S. Treas. S.A.

WILLIAM HENRY BLACK, Esq.

WILLIAM CHAPPELL, Esq. F.S.A.

J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.

BOLTON CORNEY, Esq.

T. CROFTON CROKER, Esq. F.R.S., M.R.I.A.

JAMES HENRY DIXON, Esq.

FREDERICK W. FAIRHOLT, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

J. O. HALLIWELL, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

WILLIAM JERDAN, Esq. F.S.A., M.R.S.L.

CAPTAIN JOHNS, R.M.

T. J. PETTIGREW, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

WILLIAM SANDYS, Esq. F.S.A.

W. J. THOMS, Esq. F.S.A.

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A., Secretary and Treasurer.