Publication details
| Id: | 74 |
|---|---|
| Ref: | STC 14675 |
| Title: | A Lanterne-light for loyall Subjects. Or, A terrour for Traytours. Wherein may be seene the odiousnesse of Treason, the deserved ende of Traytours, and the wonderfull preservation of anoynted Princes. A matter rightly agreeing with this time of danger, where wicked persons have desired our publike sorrow, and the ruine of this Realme of England. |
| Year: | 1603 |
| Author: |
Richard Johnson |
| Printer: |
Simon Stafford |
| Publisher: | |
| Categories: |
James I Pamphlet |
| Notes: | The text plagiarises George Whetstone's 'Censure of a Loyal Subject' (1587) [STC 25334]. Johnson's text contains only a few paragraphs of his own work. His other work on the 1603 succession, 'Anglorum Lacrimae' [see STC 14671], is also largely plagiarised. Whetstone's 'Censure' was written on the occasion of the Babington Plot. The occasion of Johnson's 'Lanterne-light' is the trial in November 1603 of Sir Walter Ralegh, who had fallen out of favour with James I almost as soon as the latter had acceded to the throne and was by the summer imprisoned for treason [see ODNB entries for Johnson and for Ralegh]. The pamphlet discusses the divine right of kings, mentions traitors under Elizabeth, and ends by urging British subjects to beware Catholic infiltration and offering good wishes for James's rule. |
| Url (EEBO): | http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04554.0001.001 |