Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Prime Minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth. : Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. /
London, : Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by Ben. Bragg, at the Blue-ball in Ave Mary-Lane.,
1706..
Titlepage and half-title are cancels.
First published in 1584 as 'The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambrige' and republished in 1641 as 'Leycester's common-wealth'; published in 1706 as 'Secret memoirs', of which edition this is a reissue, and subsequently reissued in 1708 as 'The perfect picture of a favourite', and in 1721 as 'The picture of a favourite'.
Text continuous despite pagination.
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Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603