A mirour for magistrates: : being a true chronicle historie of the vntimely falles of such vnfortunate princes and men of note, as haue happened since the first entrance of Brute into this iland, vntill this our latter age.
Higgins, John,active 1570-1602.
Baldwin, William,approximately 1518-1563?
Blenerhasset, Thomas.
Niccols, Richard,1584-1616.
Boccaccio, Giovanni,1313-1375.De casibus illustrium virorum.
At London : Imprinted by Felix Kyngston,
1610.
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.
In verse.
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 fortune and vnhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the Conquest" (i.e. part 3), "A vvinter nights vision", and "Englands Eliza" each have separate dated title page (the first dated 1609); pagination and register are continuous.
Leaf Oo4, a cancel, has a dedication to the Earl of Nottingham. Variant 1: with cancellandum, with a dedication to Henry, Prince of Wales.
Leaf 3E3 is a cancel. Variant 2: 3E3 is uncancelled, with verso lines 10-11 with phrase "and by an analysis of euery chiefe exploit inserted in their proper places" (cancel lacks this phrase). The cancel leaf recto is signed "Niccols". Variant 3: cancel leaf signed "Nicols".
"A winter nights vision" and "Englands Eliza" together identified as STC 18526 on UMI microfilm reel 896.
STC (2nd ed.)
Case, A.E.  Poetical miscellanies,
Pforzheimer
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Political ethics