Leicester's common-wealth : conceived, spoken and published with most earnest protestation of dutifull goodwill and affection towards this realme /
| Uniform Title: | Leycesters commonwealth. |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
[publisher not identified],
1641.
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| Series: | Early English books, 1641-1700 ;
605:2. |
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| Item Description: | Erroneously attributed to Robert Parsons. Cf. DNB; Lowndes volume 2, page 1335. Leicester's ghost has special title page and separate paging. It is a versified version of Leicester's common-wealth. Another issue of the 1641 edition of Leicesters ghost appears on reel 259:E.197, number 3. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. "First printed abroad, under the title of 'A dialogue between a scholar, a gentleman, and a lawyer,' &c. From the colour of its leaves, it was called 'Father Parson's green-coat'. In 1585 it was translated into French, and also printed abroad with this title, 'La vie abominable, ruses, trahisons, meurtres, impostures,' &c." Cf. The Harleian Miscellany. London, 1808-13. volume IV, page 576. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 9 unnumbered pages, 183 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 34 pages : portrait |