Sixteenth century

When you're supposed to be slaying a dragon, but you can't stop thinking about pancakes.

When you're supposed to be slaying a dragon, but you can't stop thinking about pancakes.
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From
John Lydgate, The hystorye, sege and dystruccyon of Troye
Printed
1513
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 5579)
When you're supposed to be slaying a dragon, but you can't stop thinking about pancakes.

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 13 January 2016: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth The hystorye, sege and dystruccyon of Troye (1513), the work of John Lydgate and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 5579). Copied into this book the thirteenth day of January, 2016. Finis.

Cite the original
Lydgate, John.
The hystorye, sege and dystruccyon of Troye.
1513.
Early English Books Online (STC 5579).

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