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The declaration of His Highnes William Henry, by the grace of God Prince of Orange, &c : of the reasons inducing him, to appear in armes in the Kingdome of England, for preserving of the Protestant religion, and for restoring the lawes and liberties of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James II, King of England, 1633-1701.
- James.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1688.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--History--Revolution of 1688--Sources--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Broadsides -- Netherlands -- Hague -- 17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Declaration of His Highness William Henry, by the grace of God Prince of Orange, &c.
- His Highnesses declaration
- His Highnesses additionall declaration
- Fingerprint:
- s-y. edes chr- reve (c) 1688 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Printed at the Hague : by Arnout Leers, by his Highnesses special order, 1688.
- Notes:
- Includes "His Highnesses Additionall Declaration" on p. 4.
- Signed: William Henry, Prince of Orange.
- According to J.E.S. Clarke and H.C. Foxcroft, "Life of Gilbert Burnet" (p. 243), the declaration was actually written for William of Orange by Gaspar Fagel and was translated into English by Gilbert Burnet.
- A different work from "The declaraction of His Highness William Henry, by the Grace of God Prince of Orange, &c. of the reasons inducing him to appear in arms for preserving of the Protestant religion and for restoring the laws and liberties of Scotland". The declaration prepared for Scotland only includes the first two paragraphs from this longer declaration prepared for the three kingdoms.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy closely cropped on the outer margin.
- Cited in:
- Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), W2328
- ESTC, R220170
- OCLC:
- 13378185
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