Historical Remarks on the Ancient and Present State of the Cities of London and Westminister: With an Account of the Most Considerable Occurrences, Revolutions and Transactions ... which Have Happened in and about These Cities ...till the Year 1681 |
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Page 76
... England under the yoke of Spain , and to make the country a slave to strangers
. Ant divers other knights and gentlemen joining with him , he marcheth to
London , and coming to Charing Cross , he was encountered by the Lord
Chamberlain ...
... England under the yoke of Spain , and to make the country a slave to strangers
. Ant divers other knights and gentlemen joining with him , he marcheth to
London , and coming to Charing Cross , he was encountered by the Lord
Chamberlain ...
Page 110
The King coming according as he was required , to Mile - end , was much
astonished at the madness of the people , who with frowning countenances
made the following demands which they presented in writing , and would have
them ...
The King coming according as he was required , to Mile - end , was much
astonished at the madness of the people , who with frowning countenances
made the following demands which they presented in writing , and would have
them ...
Page 128
... Earl provides an army of forty thousand men , but when the King came not at
his time , they all disbanded and went away ; the King coming over and finding
how he was , fell into despair , and secretly the next night gets into Conway
Castle .
... Earl provides an army of forty thousand men , but when the King came not at
his time , they all disbanded and went away ; the King coming over and finding
how he was , fell into despair , and secretly the next night gets into Conway
Castle .
Page 100
... and prosecuting the advantage , quite broke them and their reserve , during
which the main bodies had charged with incredible fierceness , often retreating ,
and often rallying , falling in together with the but ends of musquets , and coming
to ...
... and prosecuting the advantage , quite broke them and their reserve , during
which the main bodies had charged with incredible fierceness , often retreating ,
and often rallying , falling in together with the but ends of musquets , and coming
to ...
Page 128
... to hinder these proceedings , and therefore discharge the trained bands from
being a guard to the Parliament , and order Colonels Pride's and Rich's
regiments to supply their places , by whom above forty members of the Commons
coming ...
... to hinder these proceedings , and therefore discharge the trained bands from
being a guard to the Parliament , and order Colonels Pride's and Rich's
regiments to supply their places , by whom above forty members of the Commons
coming ...
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Page 167 - Sirs, it was for this that now I am come here ; if I would have given way to an arbitrary way, for to have all laws changed according to the power of the sword, I needed not to have come here ; and therefore I tell you (and I pray GOD it be not laid to your charge) that I am the martyr of the people.
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| Title | Historical Remarks on the Ancient and Present State of the Cities of London and Westminister: With an Account of the Most Considerable Occurrences, Revolutions and Transactions ... which Have Happened in and about These Cities ...till the Year 1681 |
| Author | R. B. |
| Publisher | M. Stace, 1810 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 178 pages |
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