With reproduction of t.-p. of 1600 edition.
Ascribed, with other Elizabethan miscellanies, to John Bodenham, who probably projected the work and befriended the editor, the "A. B." (as yet unidentified) who signed the dedication and prefatory sonnet in the first edition. More recent authorities, including the present editor, ascribe the work to "L. N." who signs the preface "To the reader, if indifferent", "L.N." being the transposed initials of Nicholas Ling. cf. Introd.; also Dict. nat. biog.