An edition of The falles of unfortunate princes (1620)

The falles of unfortunate princes

being a true chronicle historie of the untimely death of such princes and men of note, as have happened since the first entrance of Brute into this iland, untill this our latter age : whereunto is added the famous life and death of Queene Elizabeth, with a declaration of all the warres, battels and sea-fights, during her rainge : wherein at large is described the battell with the particular service of all such ships, and men of note in that action

The falles of unfortunate princes
Thomas Blenerhasset, William B...
The falles of unfortunate princes by Thomas Blenerhasset, William Baldwin, John Higgins, Richard Niccols, Felix Kingston, Thomas Adams, Jonathan Pim, Giovanni Boccaccio, Thomas Blenerhasset, William Baldwin, John Higgins, Richard Niccols, Felix Kingston, Thomas Adams, Jonathan Pim, Giovanni Boccaccio
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An edition of The falles of unfortunate princes (1620)

The falles of unfortunate princes

being a true chronicle historie of the untimely death of such princes and men of note, as have happened since the first entrance of Brute into this iland, untill this our latter age : whereunto is added the famous life and death of Queene Elizabeth, with a declaration of all the warres, battels and sea-fights, during her rainge : wherein at large is described the battell with the particular service of all such ships, and men of note in that action

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English
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875

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Edition Notes

Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ C-3L⁸.

Another issue, with cancel title page, of the 1610 edition: A mirour for magistrates.

In verse.

The first part is by John Higgins, who signs the dedication; the second (which here follows the first without break) by Thomas Blenerhasset; the third by William Baldwin and others; and "A winter nights vision" and "Englands Eliza" by Richard Niccols, who also edited the whole.

The third part is a continuation of John Lydgate's "The fall of princes", which is a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De casibus illustrium virorum".

"The variable fortvne and vnhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the Conquest" (i.e. part 3), "A vvinter nights vision", and "Englands Eliza" have separate dated title pages (the first dated 1609, the latter two dated 1610); pagination and register are continuous.

STC (2nd ed.) 12448.4.

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Falls of unfortunate princes.

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[24], 875, [1] p.
Number of pages
875

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OL59111148M
OCLC/WorldCat
80617627

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OL43399431W

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