The pastyme of people The cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond breuely co[m]pylyd [and] empryntyd in chepesyde at the sygne of the mearemayd next to pollys gate. Cum priuilegio.

Abstract

By John Rastell, whose name appears in the headline on A2r. Printer's name from STC; ² D6v contains a reference to "this present day, whiche is nowe the. xxi. yere of kynge Henry the. viii.". First four words of title are xylographic. Variant: title is entirely typographic (a trial version?--STC) and reads: The cronycles of Englande and of dyuers other realmes: breuely compyled with the pyctures and armes of all the kynges of Englande syth the conquest. Signatures: A-E⁶; A-F⁶ G² . A second register begins with a woodcut captioned "Wyllyam Conquerour.". Identified as STC 20724+ on reel 340. Reproductions of the originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and the British Library. Appears at reel 340 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy), and at reel 1713 (British Library copy).