Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Hasleton, Richard
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HASLETON, RICHARD (fl. 1595), traveller, has related his travels in the very scarce ‘Strange and wonderful things happened to Rd. Hasleton, borne at Braintree in Essex, in his ten yeares travailes in many forraine countries. Penned as he delivered it from his owne mouth,’ 1595, 4to, printed by Adam Islip for William Barley. Another edition was printed in 1600 by Thomas Pavier. The 1595 edition has cuts, said to be taken from Poliphilo.
[Ames's Typogr. Antiq. (Herbert), pp. 1277, 1285, 1363; Lowndes's Bibl. Manual (Bohn).]