Resources for the study of English writer Rachel Speght (1597 - after 1621). 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The 17th Century: Topic 2: Texts and Contexts - Excerpt from A Muzzle for Melastomus, a reinterpretion of "the Eden story in terms that remove the onus that Genesis commentators traditionally attached to Eve, as inferior by nature and as primary human agent in the Fall." 2. From "The Dream" - An excerpt from Mortalities Memorandum, with a Dreame Prefixed (1621). 3. Rachel Speght ( 1597 - c. 1630) Reclaiming Eve: Women's History 2000 presentation by Sunshine for Women - A Mouzell for Melastomus (1617). 4. Renascence Editions: A Mouzell for Melastomus - Etext from the 1617 edition of the work. 5. Renascence Editions: Mortalities Memorandum - Etext based on the first edition at the British Library. 6. Sunshine for Women: Rachel Speght - A biography, summary of major works, and excerpt from A Mouzell for Melastomus.

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