Letters and memorials of state, in the reigns of Queen Mary, Quenn Elizabeth ... part of the reign of King Charles the Second, and Oliver's usurpation : written and collected by Sir Henry Sydney ... Sir Philip Sydney, and his brother Sir Robert Sydney ... Robert, the second Earl of Leicester ... Philip Lord Viscount Lisle ... : together with letters of the other ministers of state, with whom they held a correspondence : the whole containing the antient state of Ireland ; with characters and private memoirs : also, the antient government of the principality of Wales : the wars between the Spaniards, and the States-General in the Netherlands : negotiations between the courts of England, France, &c. : the intriegues of the several courts of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles the First : with other remarkable transactions, both at home and abroad, during those times, not hitherto known : faithfully transcribed from the originals ... : whereunto is added, genealogical and historical observations: also memoirs of the lives and actions of the Sydneys, and their noble ancestors, the Dudleys, Grey, Talbot, Beauchamp, Berkley, and Lisle ; and a defence of Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, wrote by Sir Philip Sydney : collected from records, their last wills and testaments, original papers, authentick manuscripts, and our most approved historians