Sir John Harington, courtier to Elizabeth I and author of The Metamorphosis of Ajax, a description of the first flush toilet, died in 1612. In 1769 his descendant Henry Harington, M.A. edited some of his papers, and published them under the title Nugæ Antiquæ. This includes letters and essays by Harington, and also work by other writers. A revised and expanded edition was published in 1804 by Thomas Park.

            This Ex-Classics edition is based on the Park version. Only those items written by Harington himself have been included. Spelling and capitalization have been modernised. Additional notes and translations of Latin have been added. The translation of the Latin biography of Bishop William Wykeham is by Quintus Holland.

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