Leycesters Common Wealth.
| Other author | Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610, attributed name. |
| Other author | Morgan, Thomas, 1543-1606, attributed name. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [London?] : [publisher not identified], 1641. |
| Description | 8 unnumbered pages, 182 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 4°. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Leycesters commonwealth. |
| Series | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | "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". It was formerly attributed to Robert Parsons and is sometimes attributed to Thomas Morgan. Cf. DNB s.v. Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester. 1532?-1588. |
| General note | Place of publication from Wing. |
| General note | "Leicester's commonwealth" was republished in 1641 and was versified by Thomas Rogers as "Leicester's ghost" about the same time. |
| General note | Caption title on p. 1: Entrance to the matter |
| General note | Last leaf is blank. |
| References | Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), L968 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |