Sixteenth century

When your side piece shows up while you’re hanging out with your main.

When your side piece shows up while you're hanging out with your main.
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From
Raphael Holinshed, The first and second volumes of Chronicles
Printed
London, 1587
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 13569)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 15 April 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth The first and second volumes of Chronicles (London, 1587), the work of Raphael Holinshed and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 13569). Copied into this book the fifteenth day of April, 2015. Finis.

Cite the original
Holinshed, Raphael.
The first and second volumes of Chronicles.
London, 1587.
Early English Books Online (STC 13569).

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