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An epicede or funerall song : on the most disastrous death, of the high-borne prince of men, Henry Prince of Wales, &c. With the funeralls, and representation of the herse of the same high and mighty prince;... VVhich noble prince deceased at St. Iames, the sixt day of Nouember, 1612. and was most princely interred the seuenth day of December following, within the Abbey of Westminster, in the eighteenth yeere of his age

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Title: An epicede or funerall song : on the most disastrous death, of the high-borne prince of men, Henry Prince of Wales, &c. With the funeralls, and representation of the herse of the same high and mighty prince;... VVhich noble prince deceased at St. Iames, the sixt day of Nouember, 1612. and was most princely interred the seuenth day of December following, within the Abbey of Westminster, in the eighteenth yeere of his age

Other titles: The funerals of the high and mighty prince Henry, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornewaile and Rothsay, Count Palatine of Chester, Earle of Carick, and late Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter; Herse, and representacion of our late highe and mighty Henry Prince of Wales, &ct

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Classmark: BC Lt/CHA

Creator(s): Chapman, George (1559?-1634)

Additional creator(s): Hole, William (1624) (Other); Taylor, John (1580-1653) (Other)

Related people: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612; Hole, William; Taylor, John

Publisher: Printed by T[homas]. S[nodham]. for Iohn Budge, and are to bee sould at his shop at the great south dore of Paules, and at Brittanes Bursse

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1612 [i.e. 1613]

Language: English

Size and medium: [52] p., folded plate

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/273645

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991018479259705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

Part 1 has A2 and E2 signed, although each gathering consists of two leaves only.


Dedication signed: Geo: Chapman.


Printer's name from STC.


In two parts. Part 2, "The funerals of the high and mighty prince Henry, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwaile and Rothsay, Count Palatine of Chester, Earle of Carick, and late Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter" has separate title page dated 1613, and separate register. It may have been issued separately (STC 13157), and is probably not by Chapman. Pforzheimer catalogue suggests John Taylor as possible author.


A1 and C2 each have a woodcut of Prince Henry's feathers, crown, and motto.


The engraved plate has title "The herse, and representation of our late highe and mighty Henry Prince of Wales, &ct:". It bears verses by Hugh Holland and George Chapman, and is signed "Guli: Holus sculp:" (i.e. William Hole). An early state lacks the signature.


Herse, and representacion of our late highe and mighty Henry Prince of Wales, &ct.


Part-title of part 2 differs from STC 13157.


The author signs the dedication.


STC (2nd ed.) 4974.

Additional description

Part 1 is badly wormed at the head of the inner margin. Part 2 lacks A1 and C2, the first and last black mourning leaves

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