Annales. The true and royall history of the famous empresse Elizabeth, queene of England, France and Ireland, &c., true faith's defendresse of diuine renowne and happy memory. Wherein all such memorable things as happened during hir blessed raigne, with such acts and treaties as past betwixt Hir Ma.tie and Scotland, France, Spaine, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, and the Netherlands, are exactly described.

Covers the period from 1558, the first year of Queen Elizabeth's reign and ends with 1588.
Engr. armorial exlibri of Sir Roger Twisden, Bart. and Thomas Law Hodges, Esq. Hemsted, Kent.
Camden's name appears only in the binder's title ( not the original).
The translation of "The French epistle dedicatory" is signed, P.D.B. "The epistle dedicatory" is signed, Abraham Darcie.
Books 2 and 3 have special t.-p.: The historie of the most high, mighty and euer-glorious empresse, Elizabeth, inuincible queene of England, Ireland, &c. ... The second[-third] booke. Faithfully translated out of the French, and publisht in English, with the king's leaue and authority, granted ... to Abraham Darcie.
Contains books 1-3 (1558-1588, about two-thirds of the whole) of the "Annales rerum anglicarum et hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha", translated by Abraham Darcie from the French version by Paul de Bellegent, of the original Latin.
First ed. in English - Second issue (?) - Large paper (variant of STC 4497).
Only Vol. 1 in III books of a two volume work. A second volume has the date 1629.
The French Epistle dedicatory to his sacred Majesty of Great Britanne, signed P.D.B. (i.e. Paul de Bellegent).
Translated by Abraham Darcy (Darcie, Darssie), from Paul de Bellegent's ( ) French version of Camden's original Latin text.
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