Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth [electronic resource] : Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript. With a preface by Dr. Drake.

Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth [electronic resource] : Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript. With a preface by Dr. Drake.

Leycesters commonwealth.

The second edition corrected.

London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by Ben. Bragg, at the Blue-ball in Ave Mary-Lane, 1706.

[34],160,163-210,111-118 p. ; 8vo.

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First published in 1584 as 'The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambrige' and republished in 1641 as 'Leycester's common-wealth'; published in 1706 as 'Secret memoirs', of which edition this is a reissue, and subsequently reissued in 1708 as 'The perfect picture of a favourite', and in 1721 as 'The picture of a favourite'.

Text continuous despite pagination.

Titlepage and half-title are cancels.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.

English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T145844

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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