The last part of the Mirour for magistrates : wherein may be seene by examples passed in this realme, vvith howe greenous [sic] plagues, vyces are punished in great princes & magistrats, and hovv frayle and vnstable vvorldly prosperity is founde, where 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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Imprinted at London :
In Fleetstreete, neere vnto Sainct Dunstanes Church, by Thomas Marsh,
1578.
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| Edition: | Newly corrected and enlarged. |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Attributed to William Baldwin by STC (2nd edition). 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. At foot of title: Cum priuilegio. Signatures: *4, A4, B-F "G[et]H"6, I-Z 2A4. Numerous errors in foliation. The last leaf is blank. Gathering "G[et]H" is wrongly imposed. Identified as part of STC 13445a at reel 1416:2. Reproductions of the originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and the Central Library (Bristol, Eng). Appears at reel 171 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy) and at reel 1416 (Central Library (Bristol, Eng.) copy). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([6], 183 [id est 171], [1] leaves |