A mirour for magistrates : being a true chronicle historie of the vntimely falles of such vnfortunate princes and men of note, as haue happened since the first entrance of Brute into this iland, vntill this our latter age : newly enlarged with a last part, called A winter nights vision, being an addition of such tragedies, especially famous, as are exempted in the former historie, with a poem annexed, called Englands Eliza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912, former owner, honoree.

Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930, donor.

Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor, 1868-1929, donor.

Niccols, Richard, 1584-1616.

Baldwin, William, approximately 1518-1563?

Higgins, John, active 1570-1602.

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Mirrour for magistrates.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kings and rulers.

History.

Great Britain--History--Poetry.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Poetry.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Sources.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Political ethics--Early works to 1800.

Political ethics.

Genre:

Sources.

Poetry.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

20 unnumbered pages, 875 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Mirror for magistrates

Place of Publication:

At London : Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1610.

Notes:

A collection of 91 legends in verse.

First published in 1559 as A Myrrour for magistrates (STC 1247) by William Baldwin and others. This was originally a continuation of Fall of princes, a translation of Boccaccio's De casibus illustrium virorum by John Lydgate and makes up the third part of the present work, entitled: "The variable fortune and unhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the conquest". The first and second parts were added later by John Higgins and Thomas Blenerhasset respectively. "A winter nights vision" and "Englands Eliza" were written by Richard Niccols who also edited the whole work.

"The variable fortune and unhappie falles of such princes as hath happened since the conquest" (p. 251-548) has a separate title page dated 1609; "A winter nights vision" (p. 549-658) and "Englands Eliza" (p. 659-875) have separate title pages dated 1610.

Signatures: A⁸ B² C-2N⁸ 2O⁸(±2O4) 2P-3K⁸ 3L⁶.

The cancel leaf 2O4 is a dedication to the Earl of Nottingham, replacing the cancellandum dedication to Henry, Prince of Wales.

Leaf 3E3 is uncancelled, has verso, lines 10-11 with phrase: "and by an analysis of euery chiefe exploit inserted in their proper places"; the recto is signed: Niccols. Variants have 3E3 cancelled and lack the phrase. The cancel is in two states: 1) recto is signed: Niccols; 2) recto is signed: Nicols.

Printer's device (McK. no. 274) on t.-p.

Woodcuts: ports., initials, devices and head-pieces.

Pages 122 and 645 misnumbered 128 and 030.

"Faults escaped": verso of leaf B2.

Local Notes:

Furness copy PR2199 .M5 1610: the cancellandum leaf 3E3 has been marked for removal with a slash but mended by an owner. Dedication to the Earl of Nottingham (cancel leaf 2O4) misbound following the title leaf. Presented to the Penn Libraries by Horace Howard Furness, Jr., and Louise Brooks Winsor Furness in honor of Horace Howard Furness (with his autograph and bookplate). Autograph of Elizabeth Tilly[?]. Autograph of Thomas Kelson[?] dated 1732.

Furness PR2199 .M5 1610 copy 2 imperfect: leaves F6-G2 ("How Queen Cordila in despaire slew herselfe, the yeare before Christ, 800.") only.

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 13446

STC (2nd ed.) 18526

ESTC S104065

Contains:

Niccols, Richard, 1584-1616. Englands Eliza.

Niccols, Richard, 1584-1616. Winter nights vision.

OCLC:

4948139