The falles of unfortunate princes
Subtitle: being a true chronicle historie of the untimely death of such princes and men of note, as have happened since the first entrance of Brute into this iland, untill this our latter age : whereunto is added the famous life and death of Queene Elizabeth, with a declaration of all the warres, battels and sea-fights, during her rainge : wherein at large is described the battell with the particular service of all such ships, and men of note in that action
Publisher: By Felix Kyngston for Thomas Adams
Published: 1620
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 875
Subjects: Political ethics; Early works to 1800; History; Poetry
Other titles: Falls of unfortunate princes.
Work titles: Mirrour for magistrates 1620
Notes: Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ C-3L⁸.

Another issue, with cancel title page, of the 1610 edition: A mirour for magistrates.

In verse.

The first part is by John Higgins, who signs the dedication; the second (which here follows the first without break) by Thomas Blenerhasset; the third by William Baldwin and others; and "A winter nights vision" and "Englands Eliza" by Richard Niccols, who also edited the whole.

The third part is a continuation of John Lydgate's "The fall of princes", which is a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De casibus illustrium virorum".

"The variable fortvne and vnhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the Conquest" (i.e. part 3), "A vvinter nights vision", and "Englands Eliza" have separate dated title pages (the first dated 1609, the latter two dated 1610); pagination and register are continuous.

STC (2nd ed.) 12448.4.