A list
of his works, compiled from the
catalogue
of the British Museum,
is given in the _DNB_.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
187: 'Shee'l be a late
sturrer soone at night sir,' and _ibid._ 223:
By this faire Bride remember soone at night.
=1. 2. 1 ff. I, they doe, now=, etc. 'Compare this
exquisite piece of sense, satire, and sound philosophy in 1616
with Sir M. Hale's speech from the bench in a trial of a witch
many years afterwards.'--Coleridge, _Notes_, p. 280.
=1. 2. 1 Bretnor.= An almanac maker (fl. 1607-1618).
A list
of his works, compiled from the
catalogue
of the British Museum,
is given in the _DNB_.
He is mentioned twice by Middleton:
This farmer will not cast his seed i' the ground
Before he look in Bretnor.
--_Inner-Temple Masque_, _Wks._ 7. 211.
'_Chough._ I'll not be married to-day, Trimtram: hast e'er an almanac
about thee? this is the nineteenth of August, look what day of the
month 'tis.
_Trim._ 'Tis tenty-nine indeed, sir. [_Looks in almanac._
_Chough._ What's the word? What says Bretnor?
_Trim._ The word is, sir, _There's a hole in her coat_.
