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TITLE CONTINUED: Exhibited in writing to the Right Honourable Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester a little before the Spanish invasion, in the year 1588. By Thomas Diggs Esq; muster-master general of all her Majesty's forces in the Low-Countries. To which is now added, an account of such stores of war, and other materials as are requisite for the defence of a fort, a train of artillery, and for a magazine belonging to a field army. And also a list of the ships of war, and the charge of them, and the land-forces designed by the Parliament against France, anno 1678. Also a list of the present governors of the garisons of England; and of all the lord lieutenants, and high sheriffs of all those counties adjacent to the coasts. Lastly, the wages of officers and seamen serving in his Majesty's fleet at sea per month. Collected by Thomas Adamson, master-gunner of his Majesty's train of artillery, anno 1673. Pamphlet, small folio, approximately 280 x 185 mm, 11 x 7¼ inches, pages: [4], 1-16, bound in paper wrappers. Title page slightly marked, upper wrapper has small hole repaired on verso, pinhole to lower wrapper, occasional tiny fox spot otherwise a very good copy. ESTC R7897. Thomas Digges was a member of parliament from 1572 and again in 1584. His military career was with the English forces in the Netherlands from 1586 to 1594. The modern state of the Netherlands came into existence with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1579. Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester was named governor-general of the Netherlands in 1586 and Dudley appointed Digges to be master-general of his army to assist him in the campaign. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.