A myrrour for magistrates : Wherein may be seen by example of other, with howe greuous plages vices are punished: and howe frayle and vnstable worldly prosperity is founde, even of those whom fortune seemeth most highly to fauour.
| Uniform Title: | Mirrour for magistrates. |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Anno. 1563. Imprinted at London :
In Fletestrete nere to Saynct Dunstans Churche by Thomas Marshe,
[1563]
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | By William Baldwin and others. In verse. A continuation of John Lydgate's "The fall of princes", which is a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De casibus illustrium virorum". The first two parts of "A mirror for magistrates" were written by John Higgins and Thomas Blenerhasset respectively; this third part was in fact written before the others. Signatures: [par.]⁴ A⁴ B-N O-U⁴ X-Bb Cc⁴ (+-A2). Numerous errors in foliation. With a final contents leaf and a final errata leaf. Page Aa1r exists in two settings; line 7 has (1) "dilingēce" or (2) "dilygence". Setting 2 is probably later (Folger Library catalogue). Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([6], clx [id est 168], [2] leaves |