Encomion heroicon : Englands worthies, or, The states champions in honor of his Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax knight the Parliaments generall. With the rest of those renowned gallants ingaged in the warre in the force of Kinge and Parliament. In a poem of 3 parts / by John Windover of London, appre

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Encomion heroicon : Englands worthies, or, The states champions in honor of his Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax knight the Parliaments generall. With the rest of those renowned gallants ingaged in the warre in the force of Kinge and Parliament. In a poem of 3 parts / by John Windover of London, apprentice. [ca. 1645]

Manuscript volume containing a fair copy of John Windover's England's worthies, dedicated to Sir Thomas Fairfax. The volume itself was once part of the collection of historian and antiquary Ralph Thoresby and appears to bear his autograph on the verso of the front free endpaper. It later was part of the library at the Bristol Baptist College, having been donated by wealthy local churchman Richard B. Sherring.

[5], 56 leaves, bound ; 21 cm.

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Taylor, Francis,

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