Leycesters Common Wealth [electronic resource].

Leycesters commonwealth.

[London?] : [s.n.], 1641.

[8], 182, [2] p. ; 4to.

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection

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"Leicester's commonwealth" is a political tract against Elizabeth I's government. It went through many stages and forms, both in manuscript and in print, and is most well known by the title "Leicester's commonwealth". It was first printed on the continent in 1584 with title "The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambridge, to his friend in London". It was formerly attributed to Robert Parsons and is sometimes attributed to Thomas Morgan. Cf. DNB s.v. Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester. 1532?-1588.

Place of publication from Wing.

"Leicester's commonwealth" was republished in 1641 and was versified by Thomas Rogers as "Leicester's ghost" about the same time.

Caption title on p. 1: Entrance to the matter

Last leaf is blank.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Scans represent the Burney Collection at the British Library, not necessarily the entire run of a newspaper or periodical.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), L968

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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