Holinshed

Happily the subject is usually picturesque, and old Holinshed at his worst was no contemptible writer.

It may further be remarked that Holinshed and other chroniclers make small extracts from Blacman without naming their source.

With the fear of Elizabeth before his eyes, Holinshed castrated the volumes of his History.

Holinshed is the authority for the statement that sometimes culprits were gibbeted alive, but this is doubtful.