prazimene

Updated: May 7, 2025

Prazimene and Polexander are two romances translated from the French, the former, a neat little duodecimo; the latter, a huge folio of more than three hundred and fifty closely-printed pages.

Dorothy Osborne - The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54

The title-page of Prazimene, a very good example of its kind, runs as follows: "Two delightful Novels, or the Unlucky Fair One; being the Amours of Milistrate and Prazimene, Illustrated with variety of Chance and Fortune. Translated from the French by a Person of Quality, London. Sold by Eben Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London Bridge."

Dorothy Osborne - The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54

I met with Polexander and L'illustre Bassa both so disguised that I, who am their old acquaintance, hardly know them; besides that, they were still so much French in words and phrases that 'twas impossible for one that understands not French to make anything of them. If poor Prazimene be in the same dress, I would not see her for the world. She has suffered enough besides.

Dorothy Osborne - The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54