The discouerie and confutation of a tragical fiction : deuysed and played by Edward Squyer yeoman soldiar, hanged at Tyburne the 23. of Nouemb. 1598. Wherein the argument and fable is, that he should be sent from Spaine by William Walpole Iesuit, to poyson the Queen and Earle of Essex, but the meaning and moralization therof was, to make odious the Iesuites, and by them all Catholiques. ... VVritten for the only loue and zeale of truth against forgerie, by M.A. preest, that knew and dealth with Squyer in Spayne.
1599
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Title
The discouerie and confutation of a tragical fiction : deuysed and played by Edward Squyer yeoman soldiar, hanged at Tyburne the 23. of Nouemb. 1598. Wherein the argument and fable is, that he should be sent from Spaine by William Walpole Iesuit, to poyson the Queen and Earle of Essex, but the meaning and moralization therof was, to make odious the Iesuites, and by them all Catholiques. ... VVritten for the only loue and zeale of truth against forgerie, by M.A. preest, that knew and dealth with Squyer in Spayne.
Created/published
[Antwerp] : Imprinted vvith licence [by A. Conincx?], Anno M.D.XCIX. [1599]
Description
[1], 14 leaves ; (8vo)
Associated name
Aray, Martin, author.
Walpole, Richard, 1564-1607, attributed name.
Currer, Frances Mary Richardson, 1785-1861, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Huth Library, former owner.
Walpole, Richard, 1564-1607, attributed name.
Currer, Frances Mary Richardson, 1785-1861, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Huth Library, former owner.
Note
M.A. = Martin Aray; sometimes also attributed, in error, to Richard Walpole.
Place of publication from, and printer's name conjectured by, STC.
"An addition to the reader" begins on B6v, with caption title; it is apparently written by a different author, and is an attck on STC 10017, "A letter written out of England to an English gentleman at Padua".
Signatures: A⁸(-A1) B⁸ (Leaves A3-A5 missigned A2-A4).
Place of publication from, and printer's name conjectured by, STC.
"An addition to the reader" begins on B6v, with caption title; it is apparently written by a different author, and is an attck on STC 10017, "A letter written out of England to an English gentleman at Padua".
Signatures: A⁸(-A1) B⁸ (Leaves A3-A5 missigned A2-A4).
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 9
Allison & Rogers. Catholic Books, 35
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114414
Allison & Rogers. Catholic Books, 35
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114414
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Reproduction of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 9
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
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STC 9
Folger-specific note
HH1/3. Provenance: bookplate of Mathew Wilson; F.M.R. Currer - Huth Library - Harmsworth copy