The True Portraiture Of The Kings Of England; From Their Titles, Successions, Raigns And Ends..
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POWER AND PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT
Publisher
London, printed in the year,
Date
1688
Synopsis
Or a short and exact historical description of every king and the right they have to the crown, and the manner of their wearing of it especially from willliam the conqueror. wherein is demonstrated, that there hath been no direct succession in the line to create an hereditary right, for six or seven hundred years; faithfully collected out of our best histories and humbly presented to the
parliament of england. to which is added the political catechism.
Item Description
Disbound pamphlet. 4to. 4 [pp] including 2 pages of To the Reader signed H.P: + 63 pp. + [1] blank pp. Small piece missing from outer edge of one leaf, not affecting text. Paper fault affecting margin of two leaves and slight browning of latter pages otherwise a very good copy.
Notes
Henry Parker (1604-1552) known as the Observator, was a barrister at Lincoln's Inn holding secretarial posts in the House of Commons. Many of the pamphlets which he wrote were in support of the parliamentary cause and a type of absolute power. This work was first published in 1650, it is the 1688 edition that includes the Political Catechism sometimes erroneously attributed to Parker [ESTC] The Catechism lists question, answer, and observation that serve to instruct the reader on the Power and Priviledges of Parliament.
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