[Commonplace book], [early 17th century].

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[Commonplace book], [early 17th century].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702174518

Manuscript on paper, in two hands, of 10 entries, consisting of extracts from various writers on ancient and recent English history. Unattributed contents include biographies of each English ruler from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth I; Rapsodyes Taken From Other Authors of the Same Kgs & Pr. Lives; and Collections out of the History of the Q. of Scotts. Attributed extracts include Collections out of the Hystorian Mr. Samuel Daniel; Collections out of the History of the Three First Norman Kings by Sir John Hayward; and Collections out of Albions England by William Warner.

1 v. (242 p.) ; 29 x 19 cm.

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