An epitome of cronicles. : Conteyninge the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England, as al other cou[n]treys, with the succession of their kinges, the time of their reigne, and what notable actes they did ... gathered out of most probable auctours. Firste by Thomas Lanquet, from the beginning of the worlde to the incarnacion of Christe, secondely to the reigne of our soueraigne lord king Edward the sixt by Thomas Cooper, and thirdly to the reigne of our soueraigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth, by Robert Crowley. Anno. 1559.
Lanquet, Thomas,1521-1545.
Cooper, Thomas,1517?-1594.
Crowley, Robert,1518?-1588.
Strachan, David,active 16th century,former owner.StEdNL
Arbuthnot, John,active 16th century,former owner.StEdNL
Londini : [Printed by William Seres] in aedibus Thomae Marshe,
[5 April 1559]
Colophon reads: Imprinted at London by VVilliam Seres at the weste ende of Poules towarde Ludgate at the signe of the Hedgehogge and are there to be solde. 1559. The. v. day of Apryll.
A pirated edition, repudiated by Cooper in STC 15218 et seq.
Includes index.
A leaf signed 2Q3 is inserted after 2Q2.
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
The titlepage has two manuscript inscriptions. The first reads, "Liber dauidas strachauchini" and continues further on the page but has been mostly deleted. The second one reads, "J[o]ha[n] arbuth[n]ot sh[e] hai no [ni]a clau[e]st".
World history