George Wither the Poet, A Printer

In the "*Premonition* to the Reader" prefixed to George Wither's *Britain's Remembrancer*, 12mo. 1628, the author acquaints us with some circumstances relative to his work which are not generally known. While craving some apology for his writing, Wither observes: "It is above two years since I laboured to get this booke printed, and it hath cost me more money, more pains, and much more time to publish it, than to compose it, for I was faine to imprint every sheet thereof *with my owne hand*, because I could not get allowance to doe it publikely."