| The Fore-runner of Revenge | |
| Author: | George Eglisham |
| Title Orig: | The Forerunner of Revenge upon the Duke of Buckingham for the poysoning of the most potent King James |
| Language: | English, Latin, German |
| Subject: | James I of England |
| Published: | Frankfurt (false address; really Brussels) |
| Publisher: | anonymous (later confirmed as Jan van Meerbeeck) |
| Pub Date: | 1626 |
| English Pub Date: | 1626 |
| Media Type: | quarto |
The Forerunner of Revenge, also published in Latin and in German as Prodromus Vindictæ, was a pamphlet accusing George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham of having caused the death of King James I of England by poison. It was written by George Eglisham, who had attended upon King James as a physician, and was first published anonymously with a Frankfurt address.[1] It was in fact printed in Brussels by Jan van Meerbeeck.[2] It contributed to the aura of suspicion that led to the Duke of Buckingham's murder, and was reprinted in 1642 to bring Charles I of England into discredit.[3]