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Note on the pagination in A Collection of Emblemes General introduction Illustrations Chapter I - "Though, Mee, this Age despise": Historical and Bibliographical Contextualisation of Wither's A Collection of Emblemes Chapter II - "[A Booke] conceitedly composed": The Composition of A Collection of Emblemes and the Question of Patronage Chapter III - "Emblemes [...] Quickened with Metricall Illustrations": Inter-semiotic relations in A Collection of Emblemes Chapter IV - "No choice Emblematist": Wither's Denigration, Appropriation, and Repurposing of the Primary Source Material Chapter V - "Thy Heart [...] to those Knowledges aspires, / Which every prudent Soule desires": Wither's Voices in A Collection of Emblemes Chapter VI - "Thou mayst have hopes, and, God will grant them too": Wither's Collection of Emblemes and Early Stuart Religion Chapter VII - "This contayneth nought/ Which (in proper sense) concerneth ought, / The present-Age": A Collection of Emblemes as Political and Social Commentary? Chapter VIII - "Ev'ry Gamester winneth by the Sport": Wither's Lottery and the Rhetorical Possibilities of Play General conclusion Bibliography Index of early modern authors cited

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