#WoodcutWednesday

Woodcuts from early printed books, posted on Twitter every Wednesday from 2012, with a caption apiece.

This is how we deal with a #NotALion round ‘ere.

Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 2099.2)

Delilah to Sampson: Cut your hair, you hippie.

Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 2099.2)

It’s summer. Even God loves the smell of a good barbeque.

Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 2099.2)

The truth is out there.

Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 2099.2)

B is for badass.

Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 2099.2)

That's right. Rub that leg, Dave. RUB IT! …Now, lower… lower… I SAID LOWER, DAVE!

Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 2099.2)

Seventeenth century

Found someone’s next book cover image.

From: William Lilly, Monarchy or no monarchy in England
Printed: London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651
Image from: Early English Books Online (Wing L2228)

Seventeenth century

One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong…

From: William Lilly, Monarchy or no monarchy in England
Printed: London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651
Image from: Early English Books Online (Wing L2228)

"Show me you're war face! …Mole! I said your war face! Mole? Mole! Fine. Jesus! Just lie there."

This image from 1651 caused consternation after it was thought it predicted the Great Fire of 1666.

Seventeenth century

The Fancy Hats and Facial Hair gathering was starting to get too weird, even for Tony.

From: William Lilly, Monarchy or no monarchy in England
Printed: London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651
Image from: Early English Books Online (Wing L2228)

This #NotALion: Your prophecy has lions, dragons, and wolves, and you add moles? Fucking moles?!?!

That moment when you go to grab someone's ass, and they are interested in someone else's ass.

That moment when your friend is absorbed in a conversation with someone else and you goose him.

Seventeenth century

That is one badass mole.

From: William Lilly, Monarchy or no monarchy in England
Printed: London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651
Image from: Early English Books Online (Wing L2228)

Seventeenth century

This mole: Always after your crown.

From: William Lilly, Monarchy or no monarchy in England
Printed: London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651
Image from: Early English Books Online (Wing L2228)

Seventeenth century

Bill turned to his friend, "I'm not sure this is how saunas are supposed to work, Dave."

From: William Lilly, Monarchy or no monarchy in England
Printed: London: for Humfrey Blunden, 1651
Image from: Early English Books Online (Wing L2228)

"Show me your war face! …Mole! I said your war face! Mole? Mole! Fine. Jesus! Just lie there."

Both Bill and Bob died from falls from a great heights, but Bob fell with style. Be a Bob.

As Deucalion and Pyrrha remind us, we should always practice safe rock-throwing,

"I thought this large platter of frog's legs looked and tasted funny, Procne."

“Roll, roll, roll in ze hay!”

This isn’t the type of wood Apollo wanted to get, Daphne.

Sixteenth century

This ape-faced devil-dog supposedly appeared to Agnes Browne, age 12, in the 1560s.

From: John Phillips, The examination and confession of certaine wytches at Chensforde
Printed: London, 1566
Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 19869.5)