HISTORICAL SKETCH OF

ENGLISH PROSE LITERATURE.

(Grey)

NCB

5876

FOR OUT OF THE OLDE FELDES, AS MEN SAIETH,

COMETH ALL THIS NEWE CORNE FRO YERE TO YERE; AND OUT OF OLDE BOKES, IN GODE FAIETH,

COMETH ALL THIS NEWE SCIENCE THAT MEN LERE.

D. A. TALBOYS, PRINTER, OXFORD.

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

OF THE ORIGIN

OF ENGLISH PROSE LITERATURE,

AND OF ITS PROGRESS

TILL THE REIGN OF JAMES I.,