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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: ++++"A myrrour for magistrates wherein may be seene by examples passed in this realme, with howe greuous plagues, vyces are punished in great princes and magistrates, and how frayle and vnstable worldly prosperity is founde."Mirrour for magistrates. Part 3.De casibus virorum illustrium.Baldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563?Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.By William Baldwin and others.In verse.A continuation of John Lydgate's "The fall of princes," which is a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De casibus illustrium virorum."A revised edition of: A memorial of suche princes, as since the tyme of King Richard the seconde, have been unfortunate in the realme of England.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.With a final colophon and errata leaf.Running title reads: A myrrour for magistrates.[5], lxxxv, [1] leavesLondini: In aedibus Thomae Marshe, [1559]Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies. 4(b). /STC (2nd ed) / 1247EnglishReproduction 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.
