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EARLY ENGLISH WIT, POETRY & SATIRE. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The power of literary device was never more in its prime than during this period of history, where a wide array of political and religious satire mocked the status quo and poetry called humankind to transcend the rigors of daily life through love, God or principle. This series comments on historical patterns of the human condition that are still visible today. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++"The last part of the Mirour for magistrates wherein may be seene by examples passed in this realme, vvith howe greenous [sic] plagues, vyces are punished in great princes"Mirrour for magistrates. Part 3.De casibus virorum illustrium.Baldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563?Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.[Edition statement: ] Newly corrected and enlarged.Attributed to William Baldwin by STC (2nd ed.).In verse.A continuation of John Lydgate's "The fall of princes," which is a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De casibus illustrium virorum."The first two parts of "A mirror for magistrates" were written by John Higgins and Thomas Blenerhasset respectively; this third part was in fact written before the others.At foot of title: Cum priuilegio.Signatures: *4, A4, B-F "G[et]H"6, I-Z 2A4.Numerous errors in foliation.The last leaf is blank.Gathering "G[et]H" is wrongly imposed.Identified as part of STC 13445a at reel 1416:2.Appears at reel 171 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy) and at reel 1416 (Central Library (Bristol, Eng.) copy).[6], 183 [i.e. 171], [1] leavesImprinted at London: In Fleetstreete, neere vnto Sainct Dunstanes Church, by Thomas Marsh, Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 4(g). /STC (2nd ed.) / 1252EnglishReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery++++This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher. While we have attempted to accurately maintain the integrity of the original work, there are sometimes problems with the original work or the micro-film from which the books were digitized. This can result in errors in reproduction. Possible imperfections include missing and blurred pages, poor pictures, markings and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
