A declaration of the cavses mooving the Qveene of England to giue aide to the defence of the people afflicted and oppressed in the lowe countries.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)
Other Authors:	Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, Barker, Christopher, 1529-1599 (Printer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Imprinted at London : By Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1585.
Subjects:	Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603 > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > Foreign relations > Netherlands > Early works to 1800. Netherlands > Foreign relations > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1558-1603 > Early works to 1800.

Description
Item Description:	Dated at end: Given at Richmount the first of October, 1585. Publication date from colophon. "An addition to the declaration: touching the slaunders published of her Maiestie" has separate pagination. Large Royal arms woodcut on verso of title. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy contains a bookseller's description. "Of this work two editions exist (priority indeterminate). This copy belongs to that in which fol. A3r line 11 of the text ends "ha-" and fol. B2r line 7 ends "compas-". ESTC S100730 reports 4 settings of fol. D3r; this conforms to setting B. Fore-margins are cropped, affecting shoulder notes on almost every page, it is distinguished by the fact that it contains THE CANCELLED LEAF of D3r (setting A), cleanly torn in half, no doubt by the printer, and inexplicably retained by the first and subsequent binders for a period of 433 years. Unaware of another copy in which both D3r and its cancel are retained, fragmentary or otherwise. This unique feature allows for side-by-side comparison of two completely reset leaves from the same edition, which is of the greatest interest to students of bibliography."--Bookseller. "In this document England defiantly declared support for the Dutch rebels against Spanish oppression; it tantamount to a declaration of war again Philip II, cunningly presented as an appeal to the public opinion of Europe. The purpose of the Declaration was to justify military action in aiding the Low Countries against Spanish invasion. Having sent 6000 men under the command of the Earl of Leicester to support the Dutch Rebellion, Elizabeth is hereby declared that as "sovereign prince and queen she had no need to give an account of actions to anyone, whether her own subjects or strangers, yet she had chosen to do so in order that all would understand the justice of her cause" (F. Baumgartner, Declaring War in Early Modern Europe, page 51)."
Physical Description:	20, 5 pages ; 17 cm