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Heading PLOT TO ASSASSINATE CROMWELL DESCRIBED.

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

New Acquisition   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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Heading SURVEY OF FORESTS

2. ANON.

New Acquisition   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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Heading PRICE OF WINES

3. ANON.

New Acquisition   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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Heading THE COMMONWEALTH RENOUNCES CHARLES II

4. ANON.

New Acquisition   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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Heading SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF CROMWELL

5. ANON.

New Acquisition   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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ADRIANI, Giovanni Battista
Oratio Joannis Baptistatae Adrianii Habita in Funere Cosmi Medicis Magni Etruriae Ducis
Florentiae Ex Officina Iuntarum, 1574

ALSOP, Vincent ?
The Humble Address of the Presbyterians,Presented to the King by Mr. Hurst, Mr. Chester, Mr. Slater, Mr. Cox, Mr. Roswell, Mr. Turner, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Deal, and Mr. Reynolds. With His Majesties Gracious Answer.
(colop) (Edinburgh) Printed for J.W. And Re-Printed at Edinburgh by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1687

ANDERTON, James
The Protestants Apologie for the Roman Church. Divided into three severall Tractes. Whereof the First concerneth the Antiquity & Continuance of the Roman Church & Religion ever since the Apostles times. The Second. 1. That the Protestants Religion was not so much as in being , at, or before Luthers first appearing. 2. That the Marks of the True Church are apperteyning to the Roman, and wholy wanting to the severall Churches begun by Luther and Calvin. The Third. That Catholics are no lesse loyall, and dutifull to their Soveraigne, than Protestants. All which is undertaken, & proved by Testimonies of the learned Protestants themselves. With a Conclusion to the Reverend Judges, and other the grave and learned Sages of the law. By John Brerely Priest.
(St. Omer. English College Press), 1608

Anon.
(Manuscript title) Plans of Houses &c Leased to Mtthew Hooker by George Thornhill Esq. MP. and Under Leases Granted by Matthew Hooker.
London , 1836 - 1855

Anon.
The Second Part of the Spectacles; or, Rather a Mulyiplying Glass, fitted for their use, which are not able to see with Spectacles: By the helpe whereof may be discerned many things at a distance, which are hardly to be seen otherwise, and not ordinarily taken notice of.
London Printed by G.Bishop, June 5. 1644

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