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other side the Pikemen are all armed after one sorte or kinde, for no other
reason than to represent the right maner and fashion of the Arminge of his
Exce«. owne Garde as it is at this time."
80. Sixteen-eight. Grimestone, Edward.
A
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Generall Histo- |
rie Of The Nether- |
lands :
the genealogie and memo-
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Zeeland, and
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west-Friseland,
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With
rable a6ts of the Earls of Holland,
from Thierry of Aquitaine
the first Earle, successively vnto Philip the
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third King of
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Spaine : Continued vnto this present yeare of our Lord
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1608, out of the best authors
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that haue written of that
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sub-
]eO:: \
By Ed: Grimeston. London,
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Printed by A. Islip, and
G. Eld. Bom, 1608.
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I
Anno
Folio.
Collation, Al, blank, shows set ofF on verso.— Tp., A2, enclosed in
emblematic engraving by Von Sicken.—Ded. to Robert, Earl of Salisbury,
and Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, A3.—Prefs. by John Petit and Grimestone,
A4-6.—Cts., ir-1I1[3.—Full page engraved portraits.—Sigs. in 6% through 5
alphabets to Dddddd and 1[-1[ir4 ; Dddddd has 8 if., Pp4 blank.
lands. Newly
1608.
Second Edition. Sixteen-twenty-seven. Grimestone, Edward.
A
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General Historie
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Of The Nether-
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Reuewed, Corredted
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and supplied with sundrie
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necessarie
obseruations omitted
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in the first Impression.
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By Ed:
Grimeston Ser: geant at Armes.
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Continued from the yeare
till
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the yeare of our Lord 1627 |
By William Crosse
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M*" of Arts. The second Impression
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London \
Printed by
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Anno Adam Islip \
Domini |
1627.
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Folio.
Collation. Emblematic tp. by Tho. Cecill, A2.—Ded., A3.—Pref., A4.
Cts., »*i,ti-7. —Sigs. in 6% through 5 alphabets to Tttttt4 and ^*^ (8 fF.,
the last blank).—No portraits.
Copies. B.M. ; Bod.
Contents. This monumental chronicle of the Netherlands' wars is based
upon Van Meteren's " Historia Belgica" (Antwerp [1600 ], fol.), and upon
a work by Petit, a Dutch author then living in London ;
Grimestone styles
himself " only a translator." Some MS. notes by Williams, in the possession
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