A compendious or briefe examination of certayne ordinary complaints, of diuers of our country men in these our dayes
Subtitle: which although they are in some part vniust & friuolous, yet are they all by vvay of dialogues throughly debated & discussed
By: by W.S. gentleman
Contributors: Stafford, William, 1554-1612; Hales, John, -1571; Smith, Thomas, 1513-1577
Publisher: By Thomas Marshe.
Published: 1581
Place of publication: Imprinted at London in Fleetstreate, neere vnto Saincte Dunstones Church
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Economic conditions; History
Other titles: Briefe conceipte of English pollicy.
Notes: Caption title (leaf 1): A briefe conceipte touching the common weale of this realme of Englande.

Running title: A briefe conceipte of English pollicy.

Apparently a surreptitious edition of a work written about 1549. Attributed by various authorities to either William Stafford, John Hales, or Thomas Smith.

Signatures: **⁴A-N⁴O⁴( -O4).

Line 2 of leaf A1 recto text: sundry.

Imprint repeated in colophon.

Leaves 12, 18, 20 and 35 misnumbered 2, 14, 16 and 36 respectively.

Leaf **2 signed **.

Title within ornamental border (McKerrow & Ferguson 125 [alpha]).

Royal coat of arms on verso of t.p.; initials.

Rare Book copy: This copy does not have "Cum priuilegio" at the foot of the title

STC (2nd ed.) 23133a