Leicester's common-wealth. Conceived, spoken and published with most earnest protestation of dutifull goodwill and affection towards this realme
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Type of record: Book
Title: Leicester's common-wealth. Conceived, spoken and published with most earnest protestation of dutifull goodwill and affection towards this realme
Classmark: BC Pol/LEI
Additional creator(s): Rogers, Thomas (Other); Parsons, Robert (1546-1610) (Other); Morgan, Thomas (1543-1606) (Other); Arundell, Charles (Other)
Related people: Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588; Rogers, Thomas; Parsons, Robert; Morgan, Thomas; Arundell, Charles
Publication city: London
Date(s): Printed anno Dom 1641
Language: English
Size and medium: [8], 88, 81-128, 137-183, [1]; [2], 34 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/288263
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002537399705181
Description
"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" (STC 5742.9). It was formerly attributed to Robert Parsons and is sometimes attributed to Thomas Morgan. (EngSTC). D.C. Peck's edition, 1985, attributed it to Charles Arundell, assisted by a group of Roman Catholic laymen.
"Leicester's ghost", a poetical paraphrase of "Leicester's commonwealth" by Thomas Rogers, has separate dated title page, pagination, and register.
Illustrations: frontispiece portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Indexed in: Wing(2) L969.
Additional description
Wanting title-page to 'Leicesters-ghost'
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