The Choise of Valentines

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The Choise of Valentines (1889)
by Thomas Nashe

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At some time in the early 1590s Nashe produced a bawdy poem, The Choice of Valentines, possibly for the private circle of Lord Strange. This circulated only in manuscript. This version was edited and annotated by John S. Farmer, London, 1899.

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The

Choise of Valentines

OR THE MERIE BALLAD OF

NASH HIS DILDO

[BY THOMAS NASH]

From MSS. Copies in the Inner Temple (Petyt MS. 538, Vol. 43, f. viii., 295 b, circa 1680) and Bodleian (Rawl. MS. Poet 216, leaves 96-106, circa 1610-20) Libraries

Edited by

JOHN S. FARMER

LONDON

[PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY]

MDCCCXCIX

Introduction

To the right honorable the Lord S.

The Choosing of Valentines

Post-script