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  Warrs with forregin [sic] princes dangerous to our common-wealth: or, Reasons for forreign wars answered With a list of all the confederates from Henry the firsts reign to the end of Queen Elizabeth. Proving, that the kings of England alwayes preferred unjust peace, before the justest warre.
  Date of publication:
  1657
  

  Author(s):

  Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. and F. S. J. E. French charity.
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  "Warres with forreign princes" signed at end: Robert Cotton Bruceus. Originally written in 1604 as: "An answer to such motives as were offered by certain military men to Prince Henry to incite him to affect arms more than ...
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  The troublesome life and raigne of King Henry the Third. Wherein five distempers and maladies are set forth. Viz. 1. By the Pope and church-mens extortions. 2. By the places of best trust bestowed upon unworthy members. 3. By patents and monopolies for private favourites. 4. By needlesse expences and pawning of jewels. 5. By factious Lords and ambitious peeres. Sutable to these unhappie times of ours; and continued with them till the King tied his actions to the rules of his great and good councell, and not to passionate and single advice.
  Date of publication:
  1642
  

  Author(s):

  Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631.
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  "A reprint of A short view of the long life and raigne, etc" --Halkett & Laing. Attributed to Sir Robert Cotton. --Cf. BLC. This item can be found at reel 7:E.38[11]; and at reel 19:E.110[16]. Annotation on Thomason copy ...
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  The Prophecies of a white king of Brittaine taken out of the library of Sir Robert Cotton : that most famous antiquary of England in the Saxon character.
  Date of publication:
  1643
  

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  Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631.
  Description:
  "In tempore Edw. 4th. The Latine of the ensuing English is to be seene in Sir Robert Cottons Library, ... " cf. p. 5 of text. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.
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  The histories of the lives and raignes of Henry the Third, and Henry the Fourth, Kings of England written by Sr. Robert Cotton and Sr. John Hayvvard.
  Date of publication:
  1642
  

  Author(s):

  Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. and Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.
  Description:
  Pages 41 of Part I and pages 5-6 of Part II are tightly bound in filmed copy. Part I: page 30-part II: page 15 photographed from Bodleian Library copy and inserted at end. Reproduction of original in Union Theological ...
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  The forme of government of the kingdome of England collected out of the fundamental lawes and statutes of this kingdome : wherin is manifested the customary uses of the kings of England upon all occasions, either of marriage, peace or warre, to call their peeres and barons of the realme to be bartners [sic] in treatizes, and to give their judicious advice : the state and security of the whole kingdome depending upon such counsells and determinations : likewise the names of the kings and the times when such Parliaments were called, and the acts that passed upon those and the like occasions : Henry I, Iohn, Henry 3, Edward I, Edward 2, Edward 3, Richard 2, Henry 4, Henry 5, Henry 6, Edward 4, Henry 7, Henry 8 : published for the satisfaction of all those that desire to know the manner and forme of the government of the land, and the fundamentall lawes of the kingdome.
  Date of publication:
  1642
  

  Author(s):

  Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631.
  Description:
  Attributed to Robert Cotton. Cf. BLC. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.
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