[Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean tracts, ca. 1570-1625], [ca. 1640?].

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Title: [Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean tracts, ca. 1570-1625], [ca. 1640?].
Alternative Title: Hatton manuscript
Abstract: Contents include: pedigree with arms in color of the Helsby and Hatton families (f. i-iv); Sir Robert Naunton's (1563-1635) Fragmenta regalia [similar to first edition 1641] (f. 1-48); Leycesters commonwealth [as first edition 1584] (f. 49-137); Hooker alias Vowell's discourse on parliament [his "Order and usage of keeping of the parliaments" 1572] (f. 138-172); and numerous shorter tracts, speeches in parliament, political poems, etc, listed at beginning of manuscript
Description: Black ink has rotted paper, especially f. 90-150 which are extremely brittle and cracked.
Signed on inside front cover, "Thomas Helsby Lincoln's Inn London 1855."
Armorial device with motto "Omnia vincit amor" stamped on cover (Bruce family?).
Hooker, John, also known as Vowell.
Provenance: For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent: 359 29 x 18 cm. f. ;
Language: English

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Citation: Hatton Manuscript, Collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean Tracts. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.