A treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowme[n]t of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Syluester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne emperour of Rome [and] what truth is in the same grau[n] thou mayst se, and rede ye iugement of certayne great lerned men, whose names on the other page of this leafe done appere.

Abstract

Primarily a translation, possibly by William Marshall, of "De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio" by Lorenzo Valla. Also contains a long preface by Ulrich von Hutten, an English translation of the Donation, and some short pieces by other authors. Place of publication and printer's name from colophon; publisher's name and publication date from STC. Signatures: A-L⁶ M-N⁴ (-N4). The last leaf is blank. Reproductions of the originals in the British Library and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Appears at reel 32 (British Library copy) and at reel 1600 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy).