A Dutifull Defence Of The Lawfull Regiment Of Women Manuscript volume containing 'A Dutifull Defence Of The Lawfull Regiment Of Women, divided into three bookes', by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton. The address to the Queen is in his hand, the remainder in another hand. According to the Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700, this version is a formal partly autograph copy probably made for presentation, perhaps to Elizabeth herself, with separate title-pages for the "second book" (p. 259) and "third booke" (p. 323), 478 folio pages. The dedication to the Queen (pp. 1-49) is entirely in Howard's italic hand and signed "Henry Howard". The main text in the second hand is identified as the 'feathery scribe' who was also the copyist of British Library Lansdowne 813. The title page in this same hand was likely added later. Some of the sidenotes in Books 1 and 2 and all those in Book 3 are in Howard's italic hand. Binding of purple velvet decorated with the Brougham cipher over boards. A second item, a typescript essay about the work, accompanies the manuscript. The essay is not attributed or dated. c1589