Chap-books of the eighteenth century . tiointenUis, Vir fortis cum mala fortuna compo/itus. Sen. de Prov. c. 2. LONDON : Printed for E. M. near White-Hall. 404 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. This Chap-book is extremely like the History of theRoyal Martyr, as it simply consists of portraits and shortbiographies of Sir Bevil of Ralph of of of of of Lindsey. Dr. Hewit. Earl of Northampton. Lord Capel. Sir Henry Slingsby. Earl of Strafford. Duke of Hamilton.
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . tiointenUis, Vir fortis cum mala fortuna compo/itus. Sen. de Prov. c. 2. LONDON : Printed for E. M. near White-Hall. 404 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. This Chap-book is extremely like the History of theRoyal Martyr, as it simply consists of portraits and shortbiographies of Sir Bevil of Ralph of of of of of Lindsey. Dr. Hewit. Earl of Northampton. Lord Capel. Sir Henry Slingsby. Earl of Strafford. Duke of Hamilton. Colonel Penruddock. Sir Charles Lucas. Sir George Lisle. Earl of Derby. The Foreign Travels ofSIR JOHN MANDEVILLE CONTAINING An Account of remote Kingdoms, Countries,Rivers, Castles, &c. Together with a Descriptionof Giants, Pigmies, and various other People ofodd Deformities ; as also their Laws, Customs,and Manners. Likewise, enchanted Wildernesses,Dragons, Griffins, and many more wonderfulBeasts of Prey, &c. &c. & Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church Yard London 4o5 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. The earliest printed English edition seems to be that byWynkyn de Worde: Here Begynneth a lytell treatyse orbooke named Johan Mandeuyll Knyght born in Englonde inthe towne of saynt Albone, and speketh of the wayes of theholy londe towards Iherrusalem, and of marueyles of Yndeand of other dyuerse coutrees ; colophon : Here endeththe boke of Johan Maudeuyll Knyght, of the wayes towardeJerusalem and of the meruayles of Ynde and of other diversecoutries. Emprynted at Westmynster by Wynkyn de dhi 1499. But the British Museum possesses earliereditions in other languages—for instance, in French, 1478 ;Dutch, 1470; and ItaUan, 1488; which goes to show howuniversally his work was read. The original of this book was intended as a guide forpilgrims for Jerusalem. Of Sir John Maundeville, Knight,very little is known but what he tells us—that he set out onhis travels in
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