Oxford besiedged : surprised, taken, and pittifully entred on Munday the second of Iune last, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and Westminster Parliament. Written, by a trusty wellwisher of theirs, who sted-fastly hopes, and heartily prayes, they may have the like prosperous successe in all their future undertakings. The writers name and surname begins with the 9th letter of the Greeke alphabet, io-ta.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Taylor, John, 1580-1653.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2179:4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Oxford--Humor--Early works to 1800.

University of Oxford.

England and Wales. Parliament--Humor--Early works to 1800.

England and Wales.

England and Wales. Parliament.

Royalists--Humor--Early works to 1800.

Royalists.

Peace--Controversial literature--Humor--Early works to 1800.

Peace.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Humor--Early works to 1800.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Humor--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Controversial literature.

Physical Description:

1 unnumbered page, 7 pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

[Oxford] : [by L. Lichfield], Printed in the last year of the Parliament's raigne, 1645.

Notes:

"A trusty wellwisher" = John Taylor.

Place of publication and printer from Wing.

A humorous account of a pretended capture of Oxford on June 2, the same day the Royalists made a successful sortie at Headington Hill.

Some print show-through.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1993. 1 microfilm reel 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2179:4) s1993 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) T494

Madan, II, 1786

OCLC:

55718746