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Beare,<br />

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by John Maylerre for<br />

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John Gough. j<br />

Anno Dni. | 1542. |<br />

Cum<br />

priuilegioad imprimendum solum. |<br />

Per Septennium." (L2.)—R.H.: "The<br />

Pollecy <strong>of</strong> Warre."—No pag.—Woodcuts.—Sigs. in S*\ A-L2.— 23 11. <strong>to</strong> p.<br />

Copies. B.M.<br />

is<br />

Reprinted in 1543 under a new title: "The true defece |<br />

<strong>of</strong> Peace, wherin<br />

declaredde the cause <strong>of</strong> all<br />

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warres now a dayes, <strong>and</strong> how they may<br />

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be<br />

Basille.<br />

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pacifi- ed, called before the Pol-<br />

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lecye <strong>of</strong> warre, (<br />

deuysed & lately<br />

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recognised<br />

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Theodore<br />

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."<br />

29 s<strong>up</strong>plementary pp., with<br />

nums. <strong>to</strong> fF. <strong>and</strong> R.H. :<br />

" The true defence. Of Peace."; otherwise the two<br />

eds. would be hard <strong>to</strong> tell apart.<br />

Copies.<br />

B.M.<br />

Contents. A religious dissertation. A MS. note in this copy states that<br />

" Theodore Basille " is the name assumed by Thomas Becon, no doubt the<br />

better <strong>to</strong> conceal himself in those dangerous times. In 1541 he was in<br />

trouble on account <strong>of</strong> his writings ;<br />

his <strong>books</strong> were burnt <strong>and</strong> he was obliged<br />

<strong>to</strong> recant at Paul's Cross. This copy, bound <strong>up</strong> with another work, also by<br />

Basille, was bought at RatclifFe's sale, in 1776, by Captain Franklin, for<br />

6s. bd.<br />

6. Fifteen-forty-four. Porcia, Giacomo, Count.<br />

The preceptes <strong>of</strong> Warre set forth by James the Erie <strong>of</strong><br />

Purlilia, <strong>and</strong> translated in<strong>to</strong> Englysh by Peter Betham. 1 544.<br />

Imprynted at London^ in the Olde 'Jewery, by Edwarde Whytchurche.<br />

Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. These bookes<br />

are <strong>to</strong> be solde at the West dore <strong>of</strong> Pauls, by William Telotson.<br />

Black letter. Oaavo.<br />

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100 leaves. Dedicated <strong>to</strong> Sir Thomas Audeley. Running headlines, "Of<br />

feates <strong>of</strong> warre."—Brydges' " Censura Literaria," vol. vii., p. 67.—A copy<br />

in the Bod. Meyrick (Archaeol., vol. xxii., p. 67) mentions having seen the<br />

original ed. <strong>of</strong> 1527 in the Library <strong>of</strong> the Advocates at Dodlors' Commons.<br />

[V. orig. 510.]<br />

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7. Fifteen-forty-four. Anonymous.<br />

The late<br />

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expedicionin |<br />

Scotl<strong>and</strong>e, |<br />

made by the Kynges<br />

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hyghnys armye, under the conduit |<br />

<strong>of</strong> the ryght honorable<br />

the Erle<strong>of</strong> Hertforde,the yere <strong>of</strong> oure Lorde God<br />

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Londini. \<br />

Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum \<br />

solum.<br />

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Black letter.<br />

06tavo.<br />

Collation. Tp., Ai.—Col.: "Iniprynted at London in Powls churchyarde<br />

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