A mirour for magistrates : being a true chronicle historie of the vntimely falles of such vnfortunate princes and men of note, as haue happened since the first entrance of Brute into this iland, vntill this our latter age.

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EditionNewly enlarged with a last part, called A winter nights vision, being an addition of such tragedies, especially famous, as are exempted in the former historie, with a poem annexed, called Englands Eliza.
Publication InfoAt London : Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1610.
Description[20], 875, [1] p. : ports.
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Other author/creatorHiggins, John, fl. 1570-1602.
Other author/creatorBaldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563?
Other author/creatorBlenerhasset, Thomas.
Other author/creatorNiccols, Richard, 1584-1616.
Other author/creatorBoccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium.
Uniform titleMirrour for magistrates.
Variant title Variable fortune and vnhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the Conquest.
Variant title Variable fortune and unhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the Conquest.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteThe 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.
General noteIn verse.
General noteThe 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".
General note"The variable fortune and vnhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the Conquest" (i.e. part 3), "A vvinter nights vision", and "Englands Eliza" each have separate dated title page (the first dated 1609); pagination and register are continuous.
General noteLeaf Oo4, a cancel, has a dedication to the Earl of Nottingham. Variant 1: with cancellandum, with a dedication to Henry, Prince of Wales.
General noteLeaf 3E3 is a cancel. Variant 2: 3E3 is uncancelled, with verso lines 10-11 with phrase "and by an analysis of euery chiefe exploit inserted in their proper places" (cancel lacks this phrase). The cancel leaf recto is signed "Niccols". Variant 3: cancel leaf signed "Nicols".
General note"A winter nights vision" and "Englands Eliza" together identified as STC 18526 on UMI microfilm reel 896.
General noteReproductions of the originals in the Bodleian Library and Yale University. Library.
General noteAppears at reel 896 (Bodleian Library copy, "A winter nights vision" and "Englands Eliza" only), and at reel 1144 (Yale University. Library copy).
References STC (2nd ed) 13446.
Citation/References note Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 4(k).
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 896:8a, 1144:03)
Contains title Winter nights vision.
Contains title Englands Eliza.
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