The Cobler's Prophecy: 1594 (Classic Reprint)

The Registers of the Stationers Company contain the following entry: viij lunij 15-54 Entred for his copie vnder thandes of master warden Cawood Cuthbert a book intituledthe Coblers prophesie vjd CB l Arber s Transcript, II. 65-3. The quarto, which appeared dated the same year, was printed for Burby by John Danter and bore on the title-page the words, Written by Robert Wilson. Gent. It is printed in type approximating in body to modern pica (2011. =8 3mm.). There are copies in the British Museum (wanting sig. E), the Bodleian Library, the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the Dyce collection. Only the British Museum and Pepysian copies have the preliminary leaf (A i), and only the Dyce copy has the blank leaf at the end (G 4). The British Museum, Bodleian, and Dyce copies have been used in the preparation of this reprint. Of Robert Wilson very little is known. There seems to have been more than one person of the name connected with the stage. A Robert Wilson, who gained a great reputation as a comic actor, was an original member of the Earl of Leicester scompany in 15-74 and of the Queen sin i y8 3. A Robert Wilson also appears repeatedly in Henslowe s Diary as writing for the Lord Admiral scompany from 15-98 to 1600. The latter is probably the Wilson who is mentioned by Meres in 15-98 as among the best poets for comedy, for his name appears in close conjunction with others who wrote for Henslowe.
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