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The peoples ancient and just liberties asserted, in the tryal of William Penn, and William Mead, at the sessions held at the Old-Baily in London, the first, third, fourth and fifth of Sept. 70. against the most arbitrary procedure of that court.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penn, William, 1644-1718.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penn, William, 1644-1718--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Penn, William.
- Mead, William, 1628-1713--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Mead, William.
- Mead, William, 1628-1713.
- Penn, William, 1644-1718.
- Assembly, Right of--England--Early works to 1800.
- Assembly, Right of.
- Freedom of speech--England--Early works to 1800.
- Freedom of speech.
- Society of Friends--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Society of Friends.
- England.
- Genre:
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 62 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (4to)
- Fingerprint:
- m.ar t.n- e.i- anCh (3) 1670 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : [publisher not identified], printed in the year, 1670.
- Notes:
- The words "ancient and just" are enclosed in braces on title page.
- At foot of title page above imprint: Old-Baily, 1st. 3d. 4th, 5th of Sept. 1670.
- Errata on final leaf.
- In this edition A2r line 6 begins "most Arbitrarily"; line 20 begins "dict) in the end"; line F3v begins "the Recorder".
- Signatures: A-H⁴.
- Page 49 last line reads: revengefull minds.
- Three editions of this work apparently were printed in the same year, the type being different and differently set up.
- This edition is correctly paginated, while another edition (not the first) erroneously numbers p. 4 as p. 12. See also, e.g., difference in type setting on p. 49 and elsewhere throughout the two later editions.
- "An appendix, by way of defence for the prisoners": p. 24-34.
- Cited in:
- Wing, P 1336
- Smith, J. Friend's books, II:285
- ESTC, R479411
- Sabin, 59723
- Bronner & Fraser. Penn, 10.
- OCLC:
- 166585590
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