The Battle of Flodden-Field.

[Benson (Joseph)]

The Battle of Flodden-Field.

Which was fought between the English under the Earl of Surrey, (In the absence of King Henry VIII.) and the Scots under their valiant King James IV. Who was slain on the Field of Battle, in the year, 1513. An Heroic Ooem, in nine fits or parts. Collected from antient manuscripts.

Description: bound without the half-title, minor browning, verso of last leaf slightly soiled, pp. ii, 116, 12mo, contemporary tree calf, corners worn, rebacked

Publication Details: Preston: Printed and Sold by W. Stuart, 1773

Notes: 'Literary interest in the events of September 1513 started early. The earliest printed poem appears in 1664 [Wing F1365, 'Floddan Field]. The author, Joseph Benson, a declared philomath, was an adherent of the Stanley family and is very clearly writing from an English perspective. His nineteenth-centry editor [there was an edition in 1805, printed in Lancaster] asserts he had access to an earlier source held within that family but omits any details. Benson's poems seems odd now since it misses out two elements which rapidly became part of the Flodden story: the chivalrous nature of Scotland's ...more

Bibliography: (ESTC N32357)

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Price: £850

Subject: Literature

Published Date: 1773

Stock Number: 60039

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