A discourse of foreign war: : with an account of all the taxations upon this kingdom, from the Conquest to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Also a list of the confederates from Henry I. to the end of the reign of the said Queen; shewing which have prov'd most beneficial to England. /
Cotton, Robert,Sir,1571-1631.
F. S. J. E.
Evelyn, John ,1620-1706.
Cotton, John,Sir,1621-1704.
JamesVI,King of Scotland,1566-1625.
Henry Frederick,Prince of Wales,1594-1612.
London : printed for Henry Mortlock, at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Churchyard, and at the White-Hart in Westmister Hall,
1690..
Around 1610, at the request of James I, Cotton wrote (for the edification of Prince Henry "An answer to such motives as were offered by certain military men to Prince Henry inciting him to affect arms more than peace". Not printed until 1655; issued under a variety of titles. Cf. Kevin Sharpe, "Sir Robert Cotton 1586-1631" and DNB.
Originally published in 1655 with titles "An answer made by Sr. Robert Cotton, at the command of Prince Henry, to certain propositions of warre and peace, delivered to his Highnesse by some of his military servants" (Wing C6478) and "An answer made by command of Prince Henry, to certain propositions of warre and peace, delivered to His Highnesse by some of his military servants" (Wing C6477); two issues of the same edition.
With a frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Cotton.
"A short view of the long reign of King Henry III" and "The French charity" each have separate dated title pages; pagination and register is continuous.
"The French charity" is by Sir Robert Cotton; its translation is sometimes ascribed to John Evelyn. (T.p. of 1665 edition read in part: "The French charity, or an Essay written in French by an English gentleman, upon occasion of Prince Harcourt's coming into England, and translated into English, by F.S.J.E".)
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
ESTC
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135.
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272.
War (Philosophy)
Taxation