The lieutenant of the Tower his speech and repentance, at the time of his death, who was executed vpon Tower-hill, on the 20. day of Nouember. 1615. : Together with a meditation and vow of his that hee made not long before he dyed.

The lieutenant of the Tower his speech and repentance, at the time of his death, who was executed vpon Tower-hill, on the 20. day of Nouember. 1615. : Together with a meditation and vow of his that hee made not long before he dyed.

[London] : Printed by G. Eld for Na: Butter, and are to be sold at his shop neere Saint Austines gate, [1615]

[38] p. ; (4to)

The lieutenant of the Tower = Sir Gervase Helwys.

Printer's name and publication date from STC.

The last leaf is blank.

STC calls this item a variant of an edition which has "London" in the imprint and lacks "Together with a meditation ..." in the title.

Helwys was executed for complicity in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.--Folger Shakespeare Library Catalog.

Signatures: A-E⁴ (-A1).

Title page within mourning border.

Entered 19 December 1615.

rpm 09/23/96

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 7626
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114113

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 7626

cs4604. Lacking last blank. Provenance: bought by Folger in 1935 from McLeish Catalogue 92:219