The Pack of Autolycus: Or Strange and Terrible News of Ghosts, Apparitions, Monstrous Births, Showers of Wheat, Judgments of God, and Other Prodigious ... of the Years 1624-1693 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Pack of Autolycus: Or Strange and Terrible News of Ghosts, Apparitions, Monstrous Births, Showers of Wheat, Judgments of God, and Other Prodigious and Fearful Happenings as Told in Broadside Ballads of the Years 1624-1693Wood's 279 ballads seem almost pitiful when compared to the some 1800 that make up the five volumes once owned by Pepys. But the difference in these figures is altogether mislead ing. And although numbers alone have caused Pepys generally to be regarded as the most notable of collectors, he should at least share that distinction with Wood.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.