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Ravillac redivivus : being a narrative of the late tryal of Mr. James Mitchel, a conventicle-preacher, who was executed the 18th of January 1677, for an attempt which he made on the sacred person of the Arch-bishop of St. Andrews ; to which is annexed, an account of the tryal of that most wicked pharisee Major Thomas Weir, who was executed for adultery, incest and bestiality ; in which are many observable passages, especially relating to the church and state of Scotland ; in a letter from a Scottish to an English gentleman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mitchel, James, -1678, defendant.
Contributor:
Hickes, George, 1642-1715.
Lauderdale, Charles Maitland, Earl of, -1691, defendant.
Weir, Thomas, 1600?-1670, defendant.
Kettilby, Walter, -1717, Printer.
Scotland. Parliament. Lords of Articles.
British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sharp, James, 1613-1679--Early works to 1800.
Sharp, James.
Mitchel, James, -1678--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.
Mitchel, James.
Weir, Thomas, 1600?-1670--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.
Weir, Thomas.
Lauderdale, Charles Maitland, Earl of, -1691--Early works to 1800.
Lauderdale, Charles Maitland.
Trials.
Church and state--Scotland.
Church and state.
Genre:
History.
Legal stories.
Physical Description:
[4], 54 p. ; 30 cm.
Edition:
2d ed. very much augm. and enl.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1682.
Notes:
"By Dr. George Hickes" inscribed on t.p.
Advertisement: p. [1] at end.
Excerpts from documents of the Parliament in Scotland.
"An appendix, containing an exact relation of the proceedings before the Lords of articles, &c. against Charles Maitland of Halton, treasurer depute, for perjury, in having given a false testimony at the tryal of James Mitchel": p. 47-54.
Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, B-P², including "Books printed for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's church-yard," 1 leaf between p. 46 and 47.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Bound in oversize archival four-flap enclosure.
Athenaeum copy: Gift: Mrs. Hubert A. Jordan, 1959.
Athenaeum copy: "Tho. Jolley, 1807" inscribed on upper flyleaf.
Cited in:
Wing, H1866
OCLC:
11939307

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