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"A parallel text edition of the two versions of the Chronicles published in 1577 and 1587, which enables all interested in the Chronicles to make comparisons between the two texts." (Oxford University)
Passages from this work were inserted in the second edition of Holinshed's Chronicles.
LIVY. The Romane Historie Written by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a Chronologie to the whole Historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. London, Printed by Adam Islip, 1600.
A source for Coriolanus. See pages 36 and 55.
An Historical Collection, of the Most Memorable Accidents, and Tragicall Massacres of France, Vnder the Raignes of Henry. 2. Francis. 2. Charles. 9. Henry. 3. Henry. 4. now liuing. : Conteining all the troubles therein happened, during the said Kings times, vntill this present yeare, 1598 : wherein we may behold the wonderfull and straunge alterations of our age. Translated out of French into English. Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598., Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621. Histoire des derniers troubles de France. English.
Imprinted at London Imprinted at London by Thomas Creede. 1598.
The 1608 quarto edition of King Lear has some significant differences with the version published in the First Folio in 1623. Some modern editions of Shakespeare's complete works print two versions of Lear - one based on each text. (Harvard University)
King James by 
Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James' VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches by The whole works of Homer, prince of poetts : in his Iliads, and Odysses / translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman ... [1616?]
C. Plinii Secundi opus divinum, cui titulus Historia naturalis, multoquam antehac unquam prodiit in lucem castigatius, una cum annotationibus Hermolai Barbari, Ac sincero exemplari eruditorum hominum, ex quo nonnula etiamà marginibus adscripta sunt. ... Ad lectorem ...
Shakespeare probably read the English translation: PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius. The Historie of the World: Commonly called, the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland. London: Adam Islip, 1601.
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories and Tragedies by 
The First Folio of Shakespeare by 
The Applause First Folio of Shakespeare in Modern Type by 
The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, 1603 by 
The First Quarto of King Henry V by The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II: By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. And of His Royal Consort Queen Mary
Michael van Meer.. "St George’s Day procession, with King James under a canopy attended by Knights of the Garter, chaplains, choirboys and others." Album Amicorum / Stam Boek. 1615-1616.
