01875nam 2200361 n 450 99639559970331620231127231835.0(CKB)3810000000014436(EEBO)2240936839(UnM)9959482700971(EXLCZ)99381000000001443619831012d1706 uy engurbn#|||a|bb|Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth[electronic resource] Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. /Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript never printed. To which is added a preface by Dr. DrakeLondon, Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by Ben. Bragg, at the Blue-ball in Ave-Mary-Lane.1706[1]+ pFirst published in 1584 as "The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambridge" and republished in 1641 as "Leycester's common-wealth"; subsequently reissued in 1706 as "Secret memoirs .. The second edition corrected", in 1708 as "The perfect picture of a favourite", and in 1721 as "The picture of a favourite".Fragment: title page only.Reproduction of original in the British Library.eebo-0018Great BritainHistoryElizabeth, 1558-1603Early works to 1800Leicester Robert DudleyEarl of,1532?-1588.935413Uk-ESUk-ESCu-RivESCStRLINUk-ESCu-RivESBOOK996395599703316Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth2375467UNISA