Artificial Versifying, or the Schoolboys Recreation, A New Way to Make Latin Verses

Content type
Creative Work
Author
John Peter
Year
Publisher
John Sims
URL
Artificial Versifying, or the Schoolboys Recreation A New Way to Make Latin Ver…
Language
English
Publication Type
Print publication (antecedent)
Platform/Software
printing press
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Artificial Versifying, or the Schoolboys Recreation A New Way to Make Latin Ver…
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Not yet reviewed
Tags
computational poetry
poetry generators; text generators; machine language
Description (in English)

A 14 page pamphlet publishing tables for the generation of Latin hexameter verses by anyone who knows the A.B.C. and can count to 9. Includes six tables of letters and instructions for the use of the tables, along with a brief introduction discoursing on the relationships between words and numbers. The first edition was published by John Sims in London in 1677, a second edition in 1678, and a third edition in 1679.