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Erra Pater is the assumed name of the author of an astrological almanac first published in 1535, and referred to by Samuel Butler in ''
Hudibras ''Hudibras'' () is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (1613–1680), and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum, around 1658–60, immediate ...
'' (I.i), and by
William Congreve William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist, poet, and Whig politician. He spent most of his career between London and Dublin, and was noted for his highly polished style of writing, being regard ...
in ''
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''.Cf. Erra Pater, ''A prognostication for ever, made by Erra Pater, a Jew, born in Jewry, doctor in astronomy and physick'', Gale ECCO, facsimile ed. (2010); see als
Googlebooks entry
and Erra Pater, (other names, Thomas Isaiah), ''The new book of knowledge. Shewing the effects of the planets...''
Boston University Library
microfilm holdings (1767)
1806 edition1795 edition


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