An answer to such motives as were offer'd by certain military-men to Prince Henry, inciting him to affect arms more than peace : Made at His Highness command by Sr. Robert Cotton, baronet : With A short view of the life and reign of Henry the Third King of England / By the same author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631.

Contributor:

Cotton, John, Sir, 1621-1701, editor.

F. S. J. E.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harcourt, Henrid Lorraine, Conte de, 1601-1666.

Harcourt, Henrid Lorraine.

Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272.

Henry.

Peace--Early works to 1800.

Peace.

Great Britain--History--Henry III, 1216-1272.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--France.

International relations.

France.

France--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Penn Provenance:

Cholmondeley Library (bookplate)

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 142 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 18 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition, very much corrected, and a preface added by Sr. John Cotton, baronet / To which is annexed the French charity ... written in French by an English gentleman, upon occasion of Prince Harcourt's coming into England: and translated into English by F. S. J. E.

Other Title:

Propositions of war and peace delivered to His Highness Prince Henry

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Henry Mortlock, at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-yard, and at the White Hart in Westminster-Hall, 1675.

Notes:

Around 1610, at the request of James I, Cotton wrote (for the edification of Prince Henry) "An answer to such motives as were offered by certain military men to Prince Henry inciting him to affect arms mor than peace". Not printed until 1655; issued under a variety of titles. Cf. Kevin Sharpe, "Sir Robert Cotton 1586-1631" and DNB.--ESTC

Originally published in 1655 with titles "An answer made by Sr. Robert Cotton, at the command of Prince Henry, to certain propositions of warre and peace, delivered to his Highnesse by some of his military servants" (Wing C6478) and "An answer made by command of Prince Henry, to certain propositions of warre and peace, delivered to His Highnesse by some of his military servants" (Wing C6477); two issues of the same edition.--ESTC

Caption title: Propositions of war and peace delivered to His Highness Prince Henry.

"A short view of King Henry the Third's reign" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. "The French charity" has separate title page, dated 1655; pagination and register are continuous.

"The French charity" is by Sir Robert Cotton; its translation is sometimes ascribed to John Evelyn.

With a frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Cotton.

The last leaf is blank.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed., 1994), C6480

Arber, E. The term catalogues, I, 212

ESTC r002467

Contains:

Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. Short view of the long life and raign of Henry the Third.

French charity.

OCLC:

15177175