Antedating of "Democracy"

[victor steinbok]

Why can't we get books like that!

;-)

VS-)

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Good one, Fred.
>
> JL
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > democracy (OED 1574)
> >
> >        The garden of wysdom wherin ye maye gather moste pleasaunt
> flowres,
> > that is to say, proper wytty and quycke sayenges of princes,
> philosophers,
> > and dyuers other sortes of men. Drawen forth of good authours, as well
> > Grekes as Latyns, by Richard Tauerner.  , [London] : 1539 [[Printed by
> > Richard Bankes] in aedibus Richardi Tauerneri,] solde in Lomberdstrete at
> > the signe of the Lamb by Iohn Haruye, [1539] (Early English Books Online)
> >
> > ...ordeyne in the citie a Democracie , that is to saye...
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
>

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