Histrio

Histrio-Mastix where he would have looked for that of a Hebrew Bible.

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

The Histrio-Mastix was, in fact, so big and so complex a thicket of confusion, that it had been licensed without examination by the licenser, who perhaps trusted that the world would have as little inclination to peruse it as he had.

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

W that the great offence in Prynne's Histrio-Mastix was found, under the head "Women actors."

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

Histrio-Mastix of Prynne, its unfortunate history, 129 _et seq.

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

In 1632 appeared William Prynne's noted book, _The Histrio-Mastix_, _The

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

Later on, in 1633, Prynne, in his _Histrio-Mastix_ (part 1, p. 208 et seq.), strongly condemned "this putting on of woman's array" by actors on the same ground, and adds that he has heard credibly reported of a scholar of Balliol College that he was violently enamoured of a boy-player.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899

That very day I dispersed my hoard of antiques, retaining only my Prynne's "Histrio-Mastix" and my Opera Quinti Horatii Flacci (8vo, Aldus, Venetiis, 1501).

The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac 1896

Histrio, the actor, is advised to ingratiate himself with Pantalabus,

Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown Andrew Lang 1878

Yet Guy of Amiens distinctly confirmed the story: "Histrio cor audax nimium quem nobilitabat"; a stage - player -- a juggler -- the Duke's singer -- whose bravery ennobled him.

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878

Sicknesse (1627 – 30) appeared his best known controversial work, Histrio – Mastix, or a Scourge for Stage Players (1633), a bitter attack on most of the popular amusements of the day.

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature 1853