Letter from Dr John Donne to Sir Robert Cotton mb-code 42-23728417 Plate 266 from chapter 54

Plate 266 from chapter 54 of Gleanings of natural history

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winning three races in the process

Yonge (1467-1516) was an ecclesiastic and diplomatist who was appointed Master of the Rolls in 1507

published by L Boulanger

Letter from Dr John Donne to Sir Robert Cotton mb-code 42-23728417 Plate 266 from chapter 54Letter from Dr John Donne to Sir Robert Cotton, c1602. Letter returning, with criticisms, a copy of the treatise of Jacobus Valdesius (Diego de Valdes) on the precedency of Spain over other nations, De dignitate regum regnorumque Hispanic, et honoratiori loco eis seu eorum legatis a concilijs ac Romana sede iure debito, published at Granada in 1602. From the fourth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the