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Reasons against agreement with a late printed paper intituled Foundations of freedome, or, The agreement of the people : whereby it doth appear that the particulars proposed in the said paper are not foundations of freedome, but of tyrannie and slaverie to the people, being destructive to religion, laws, liberty, and government, against our Covenant and Protestations, and very dangerous and unsafe for the kingdom / by William Ashhurst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashhurst, William, 1617-1680, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--Great Britain.
- Constitutional history.
- Civil rights--Great Britain--History.
- Civil rights.
- Foundations of freedom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Tho. Underhill, 1648.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Written in opposition to the proposed new constitution drawn up by a committee of 16. The committee's version was published Dec. 15, 1648, by John Lilburne, who objected to changes made in it by Army officers. The officers' version was published Jan 15, 1649, as: An agreement of the people of England and the places therewith incorporated, for a secure and present peace, upon grounds of common right, freedom, and safety. Cf. DNB, XI, 1125; NUC pre1956 (NA0097397-8).
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