Warrs with forreign princes dangerous to our common-wealth: or, Reasons for forreign wars answered
Subtitle: With a list of all the confederates from Henry the firsts reign to the end of Queen Elizabeth. Proving, that the kings of England alwayes preferred unjust peace, before the justest warre
Contributors: Evelyn, John, 1620-1706; Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2463:13
Publisher: printed for William Shears in Westminster-hall
Published: 1657
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Henry Frederick, -- Prince of Wales, -- 1594-1612 -- Early works to 1800; War -- Economic aspects -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087 -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800; France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- History, Military -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Propositions of warre and peace delivered to his Highness Prince Henry by some of his military servants
Work titles: Answer to such motives as were offered by certain military men to Prince Henry inciting him to affect arms more than peace
Notes: Signed on G8v: Robert Cotton Bruceus

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 mor than peace". Not printed until 1655; issued under a variety of titles. Cf. Kevin Sharpe, "Sir Robert Cotton 1586-1631" and DNB

With a frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh

Caption title on p. 1: Propositions of warre and peace delivered to his Highness Prince Henry by some of his military servants

"The French charity: 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." has a separate title page dated 1655 and separate pagination; register is continuous. "An English gentleman" = Robert Cotton

A reissue, with cancel title page and portrait, of "An answer made by Sr. Robert Cotton, at the command of Prince Henry, to certain propositions of warre and peace" (1655; Wing C6505). In that issue, "forreign" is mispelled "forregin"

Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) C6505A

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1997. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2463:13).