A discourse touching the p[re]tended match betwene the Duke of Norff[olk] [and] the Quene of Scott[es] : contemporary manuscript, ca. 1569.

Record ID: 
283552
Accession number: 
MA 95
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description: 
1 item (7 1/2 p.), bound ; 29 cm
Notes: 

Pollard and Redgrave speculate authorship by Thomas Norton, Thomas Sampson, or Francis Walsingham (See ESTC S122002).

Summary: 

Presenting the English viewpoint opposing the marriage of Mary Queen of Scots and Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. The match is dubbed "dangerous" because it poses a threat to the "safetie of o[u]r sou[er]aigne [Queen Elizabeth I]," and no match should "call in question, whether her ma[ies]tie may governe or not gou[er]ne in her owne Realme." Subdivided into sections "A consideration of the Q[uene] of Scott[es] p[er]son," "The considerac[i]on of the Dukes p[er]son," "A considerac[i]on of the matche," "A considerac[i]on of the p[re]sent state," "A discourse vpon the presen[t] consideracions," "now lett vs see what dowbt growith by this match of the abvse of the seid qualities," and "A Comparation betwene the home match [and] the forrayne".

Binding: 
Brown leather by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd.
Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1906.