The trve informer, who in the follovving discovrs, or colloqvy, discovereth unto the vvorld the chiefe causes of the sad distempers in Great Brittany, and Ireland. Deduced from their originals.
Howell, James,1594?-1666.
Oxford [i.e. London] : printed by Leonard Lichfield, printer to the Vniversitie,
MDCXLIII. [1643]
Attributed by Wing to James Howell.
The imprint is false; according to Madan, not printed at Oxford, but may have been printed in London.
Caption title on p. 1: An interlocvtory discovrse betwixt Patricius & Peregrin, touching the distractions of the times, with the causes of them.
Pages 41, 44, 45 are mis-numbered 35, 34, and 39 respectively (Madan 1305) a variant has page 46 incorrectly correctly numbered 40 (Madan 1305*).
In this edition: "TRVE" and "follovving" in title and p. 11 begins: discontented parties; cf. Wing H3121 (Madan 1304) with "TRUE" and "Following" in title and with p. 11 beginning: "and got over".
Signatures: [pi]1 A-F⁴ G⁴ (-G4).
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 12".
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
ESTC
Madan
Madan
McAlpin
Vann, W.H., Notes on the writings of James Howell,
Thomason
England London.