LEADER 01875nam 2200361 n 450 001 996395599703316 005 20231127231835.0 035 $a(CKB)3810000000014436 035 $a(EEBO)2240936839 035 $a(UnM)9959482700971 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000014436 100 $a19831012d1706 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#|||a|bb| 200 10$aSecret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth$b[electronic resource] $eContaining an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. /$fWritten during his life, and now published from an old manuscript never printed. To which is added a preface by Dr. Drake 210 $aLondon, $cPrinted for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by Ben. Bragg, at the Blue-ball in Ave-Mary-Lane.$d1706 215 $a[1]+ p 300 $aFirst 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". 300 $aFragment: title page only. 300 $aReproduction of original in the British Library. 330 $aeebo-0018 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yElizabeth, 1558-1603$vEarly works to 1800 700 $aLeicester$b Robert Dudley$cEarl of,$f1532?-1588.$0935413 801 0$bUk-ES 801 1$bUk-ES 801 2$bCu-RivES 801 2$bCStRLIN 801 2$bUk-ES 801 2$bCu-RivES 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996395599703316 996 $aSecret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth$92375467 997 $aUNISA