The marrow of history, or, The pilgrimage of kings and princes : truly representing the variety of dangers inhaerent to their crowns, and the lamentable deaths which many of them, and some of the best of them, have undergone : collected, not onely out of the best modern histories, but from all those which have been most famous in the Latine, Greek, or in the Hebrew tongue. Shewing, Not onely the tragedies of princes at their deaths, but their exploits and sayings in their lives; and by what virtues some of them have flourished in the height of honour; and overcome by what affections, others of them have sunk into the depth of all calamities. A work most delightfull for knowledge, and as profitable for example
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Type of record: Book
Title: The marrow of history, or, The pilgrimage of kings and princes : truly representing the variety of dangers inhaerent to their crowns, and the lamentable deaths which many of them, and some of the best of them, have undergone : collected, not onely out of the best modern histories, but from all those which have been most famous in the Latine, Greek, or in the Hebrew tongue. Shewing, Not onely the tragedies of princes at their deaths, but their exploits and sayings in their lives; and by what virtues some of them have flourished in the height of honour; and overcome by what affections, others of them have sunk into the depth of all calamities. A work most delightfull for knowledge, and as profitable for example
Other titles: Marrow of history; Pilgrimage of kings and princes; Pilgrimage of princes
Classmark: BC Lt/LLO
Creator(s): Lloyd, Lodowick (fl. 1573-1610)
Additional creator(s): Codrington, Robert (1601-1665) (Other)
Related people: Codrington, Robert
Publisher: Printed by E. Alsop
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1653
Language: English
Size and medium: [8], 311, [1] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/277548
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000565249705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
First published 1573 and reissued 1586, 1607, as "The pilgrimage of princes".
Except for the preliminaries, colophon and proper names in the text, printed throughout in black letter.
Dedication signed: Rob. Codrington.
Numerous errors in paging.
R.C. = Robert Codrington.
Indexed in: Wing L2660.
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