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The legend of Captain Jones : relating his adventure to sea, his first landing, and strange combat with a mighty bear : his furious battel with his six and thirty men, against the army of eleven kings, with their overthrow and deaths : his relieving of Kemper Castle : his strange and admirable sea-fight with six huge gallies of Spain, and nine thousand souldiers : his being taken prisoner, and hard usage : lastly, his being set at liberty by the Kings command, and return for England

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Title: The legend of Captain Jones : relating his adventure to sea, his first landing, and strange combat with a mighty bear : his furious battel with his six and thirty men, against the army of eleven kings, with their overthrow and deaths : his relieving of Kemper Castle : his strange and admirable sea-fight with six huge gallies of Spain, and nine thousand souldiers : his being taken prisoner, and hard usage : lastly, his being set at liberty by the Kings command, and return for England

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Classmark: BC Lt d/LLO

Creator(s): Lloyd, David (1597-1663)

Additional creator(s): Lluelyn, Martin (1616-1682) (Other); Marshall, William (fl. 1617-1650) (Other)

Related people: Jones, Captain; Lluelyn, Martin; Marshall, William

Publisher: Printed for E. Okes and Francis Haley

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1671

Language: English

Size and medium: [24], 71, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/270732

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991017969729705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

Anon., by D. Lloyd, sometimes attributed to Martin Lluelyn.


In verse.


Plate is added engraved general t.p. signed: W. Marshall sculpsit.


In two parts with contiinuous signatures and pagination. Part 2 (p. [21]-71, [1]) has special t.p.: The legend of Captain Jones: continued from his first part to his end... London : Printed by E.O. for Francis Haley ..., 1670.


First part originally published 1631; both parts first published 1648. Cf. STC (2nd ed.) 16614, Wing L2635 (2nd ed.).


Error in paging: p. 11 misprinted 12.


Signatures: A⁴ B-F⁸ G⁴ (A1r, A2v, A3v, D3v, D4v blank).


Wing (2nd ed.) L2633, as if under Llewellyn [i.e. Martin Lluelyn].

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With signatures Tho: Martin (inside front cover) and T. Jones (inside front cover and on title to pt. 1). On flyleaf at the front is a note, in a contemporary hand, on a manuscript copy of pt. 1 in the possession of the writer. General title repaired

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