The chronicle of Fabian, whiche he nameth The concordaunce of histories, newly perused. : And continued from the beginnyng of Kyng Henry the Seuenth, to thende [sic] of Queene Mary..
Fabyan, Robert,-1513.
Imprinted at London, : By Jhon Kyngston.,
1559. Mense Aprilis..
Date of publication precedes imprint on title-page.
Signatures: p̳i̳A-B⁶a-z⁶A-G⁶H⁴2a-2z⁶2A-3A⁶3B⁵.
Title within border (McKerrow & Ferguson 67), initials, tail-piece.
Black-letter, in double columns.
Vol. 1: [24], 369 [i.e. 368] p.; v. 2: [2], 571 [i.e. 572] p.
P.287 omitted in first series of pagination, p.562 duplicated in second series of pagination. Numerous other errors in pagination.
Title of v.2 (recto of leaf 2a1) reads: The seconde volume of Fabians Chronicle, conteinyng the chronicles of Englande & of Fraunce from the beginning of the reigne of King Richard the Firste, vntill the eande of the reigne of Charles the Nineth.
The work of Fabyan ends with the words (v.2, p. 525) "And here ... I make an ende of the seuenth parte and whole woorke, the seuenth daie of Nouember ... M.D.IIII. ... The seue[n]th parte ... from the first yere of William Conqueroure, to the last yere of Richarde the Third ..." The continuation, by another hand, has caption title: "Here followe the notes of the raignes of Kyng Henry the Seuenth, Kyng Henrie the Eight, Kyng Edwarde the Sixte, and Quene Marie: in soche order as Master Fabian hath vsed here before." The text ends on leaf 3B5 verso, continuing the chronicle to 8 May 1559.
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