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GREENE'S "GROATSWORTH OF WITTE."

By J. O. HALLIWELL.

The interesting article by the Hermit of Holyport, on the early German translation of Greene's *Quip for an Upstart Courtier*, will, I am sure, be read with attention by all lovers of our early literature. My object in addressing you on the subject is to draw the attention of your foreign correspondents, and perhaps the notice of your new contemporary, to the great importance of discovering whether the *Groatsworth of Witte* was also translated into German. The earliest edition I have seen is that of 1617, but it was printed as early as 1592; and I have long been curious to ascertain whether t…

Topics: Early Literature, Translation, Historical Texts