| Other author/creator | Higgins, John, fl. 1570-1602. |
| Other author/creator | Baldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563? |
| Other author/creator | Blenerhasset, Thomas. |
| Other author/creator | Niccols, Richard, 1584-1616. |
| Other author/creator | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium. |
| Uniform title | Mirrour 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. |
| Variant title |
Falles of unfortunate princes. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Another issue, with cancel title page, of the 1610 edition: A mirour for magistrates. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | In verse. |
| General note | 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". |
| 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" have separate dated title pages (the first dated 1609); pagination and register are continuous. |
| General note | Leaf Oo4, a cancel, has a dedication to the Earl of Nottingham. Variant 1: with cancellandum, with a dedication to Henry, Prince of Wales. |
| General note | Leaf 3E3 is a cancel. Variant: 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 note | Imperfect; lacks leaves Oo4 and 3E3. |
| General note | Reproductions of the originals in the Bodleian Library and British Library. |
| General note | Appears at reel 896 (Bodleian Library copy, "A winter nights vision" and "Englands Eliza" only), and at reel 1603 (British Library copy). |
| References |
STC (2nd ed) 13448. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 896:8b, 1603:09) |
| Contains title |
Winter nights vision. |
| Contains title |
Englands Eliza. |
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