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PLOT TO ASSASSINATE CROMWELL DESCRIBED.

1. CROMWELL, Oliver . (All by this author)

  A Declaration of His Highness the Lord Protector and the Parliament, For Day of Publique Thanksgiving On Friday the Twentieth of February 1656

London by Henry Hills and John Field, 1656 (ie. 1657).

First edition, folio, woodcut Commonwealth arms within title page, minor water stainn, (2), 6pp., disbound.

In 1656 Colonel Sexby engaged Miles Sindercombe (d1657) to assassinate Oliver Cromwell. The attempt was made on the night of 8th January 1657 bu failed and Sindercombe and his associates were arrested. This Declaration as well as ordereing the day of Public Thanksgiving includes a full account of the attaempted assassination. Wing C7066. Variant issue with in the title line 10 reading "Monday, the second"

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SURVEY OF FORESTS

2. ANON.

  Instructions Agreed upon in Parliament, for Commissioners, For Surveying the Forest of Sherwood; The Forest, or Chase of Needwood; The Forest, or Chase of Kingswood; the Forest, or Chase of Ashdown, or Lancaster great Park; and Endfield Chase.

London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness, 1657.

First edition, variant issue, folio (2) 14pp., disbound.

Wing E1592A (variant issue with ""," after word 'Parliament' in title)

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PRICE OF WINES

3. ANON.

  An Act for Limiting and Setling the Prices for Wines.

London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1657.

First edition, folio (2) 2pp., disbound

Wing E1046

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THE COMMONWEALTH RENOUNCES CHARLES II

4. ANON.

  An Act for Renouncing and Disanulling The Pretended Title of Charls Stuart, &c. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th Day of September, Anno Domini 1656

London Printed for Henry Hills and John Field, 1657.

Folio, woodcut Commonwealth Arms within title, minor waterstain, (2), 4, (2)pp., disbound.

The separately published Public Act announcing that the people of the Commonwealth do "Disclaim and Renounce all Fealty, Homage or Allegiance, pretended to be due unto Charls Stuart" Wing E 1064

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SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF CROMWELL

5. ANON.

  An Act For the Security of His Highnes the Lord Protector His Person, and Continuance of the Nation in Peace and Safety.

London by Henry Hills and John Field, 1657.

First edition, variant, folio, woodcut Commonwealth arms within title page, (2), 10pp., disbound.

An important act passed because there had been several plots to assassinate Oliver Cromwell. It includes a long list of the names of those who had been appointed to undertake the examination and judgement on those apprehended in connection with any plot against Cromwell. Wing E1123. Variant issue with words "and", "deep" and "his" in the repective places on leaf A2 recto.

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