_such newes are_ spreade abroade? _C_. I am almost of your
minde, for I seldome see these written reports prove true. _T_.
Prognostications, _newes_, deuices, and letters from forraine
countries (good Master Cæsar), are but used as confections to
feed the common people withal. _C_. A man must give no more
credite to Exchange and Powles' _newes_ than to fugitiues
promises and plaiers fables."

In Thomas's _Principal Rules of the Italian Grammer, with a
Dictionarie_, printed by Thomas Powell in 1562, but written in 1548, we
have--

"_Novella_, a tale, a parable, or a _neweltee._

"_Novelluzza_, an _ynkelyng_.

"_Novellare_, to tell tales or _newes_."

In the title page of a rare little volume printed in 1616, we have the
adjective _new_ in apposition with the substantive _newes_, thus:

"Sir Thomas Overburie his Wife, with new Elegies upon his (now
knowne) untimely death. Whereunto are annexed _New Newes_ and
Characters written by himselfe and other learned Gentlemen.
Editio septima. London: printed by Edward Griffin for Lawrence
Lisle, 1616, 12mo."

The head of one section is-- {181}

"_Newes_ from any-whence, or, _Old Truth_ under a supposal of