The summarie of English chronicles (lately collected and published) nowe abridged and continued tyl this present moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lord God. 1566. By J.S.
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The summarie of English chronicles (lately collected and published) nowe abridged and continued tyl this present moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lord God. 1566. By J.S.
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Stow, John, 1525?-1605.
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Imprinted at London :: in Fletestrete by Thomas Marshe,
[1566]
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Early works to 1800.
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"The summarie of English chronicles (lately collected and published) nowe abridged and continued tyl this present moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lord God. 1566. By J.S." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A73271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.
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Anno R••gni. 1▪
[date] EDward the seconde
son of the first Ed∣ward, and prince of wales borne at Car¦naruan, began his reigne ouer y• realm of England, the .vii. daye of Iuly in the yere of our lord. 1307. who was depo∣sed the. 25. day of Ianuary: and in the yere. 1326. so that he reigned. 19. yeres. He was fayre of body, but vnstedfast of maners, and disposed to lightnes: he refused the company of his lordes, and men of honour: and hanted the compa∣ny of villains & vile persons. He gaue him selfe to ouermuche drinkinge, and lightly would disclose thinges of gre••
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councel: and besyde that he was geuen to these vices of nature: He was made much worse by the counsel & familiari¦tie of certain euil disposed persons: ••s Piers of Gaueston, Hugh Spencer, & others, whose wanton counsel he folo∣wing gaue him selfe wholly to the ap∣petite and pleasure of the body, not re∣garding to gouerne his cōmon weale, by sadnes, discretion, and iustice.
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