TY - GEN T1 - Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth.Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript. With a preface by Dr. Drake. DA - 1706. CY - London : ET - The second edition corrected. PB - Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by Ben. Bragg, at the Blue-ball in Ave Mary-Lane, PP - London : PY - 1706. N1 - First published in 1584 as 'The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambrige' and republished in 1641 as 'Leycester's common-wealth'; published in 1706 as 'Secret memoirs', of which edition this is a reissue, and subsequently reissued in 1708 as 'The perfect picture of a favourite', and in 1721 as 'The picture of a favourite'. N1 - Text continuous despite pagination. N1 - Titlepage and half-title are cancels. N1 - Reproduction of original from British Library. ID - 646196 TI - Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth.Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript. With a preface by Dr. Drake. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1341300100&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1341300100&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi ER -