THE TRYAL OF SIR HENRY VANE, KT. AT THE KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, JUNE THE 2D AND 6TH. 1662. TOGETHER WITH WHAT HE INTENDED TO HAVE SPOKEN THE DAY OF HIS SENTENCE, (JUNE 11.) FOR ARREST OF JUDGMENT (HAD HE NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED AND OVER-RULED BY THE COURT) AND HIS BILL OF EXCEPTIONS. WITH OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEECHES, &C. ALSO HIS SPEECH AND PRAYER, &C. ON THE SCAFFOLD

[Anonymous]; Vane, Henry

Verlag: [s.n.], [London?], 1662

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Small Quarto, [2], pp. 5 - 134, [2]. In Good condition. Later three-quarter calf and marbled paper boards, with significant wear to leather on spine (lacking spine label). Boards are detached. Moderate wear to leather on boards, light wear to edges, and significant wear and chipping to leather along spine. Text block has moderate plus age toning to speckled edges, significant age toning to front and back free end pages along edges, moderate age toning to pages throughout interiorly, and occasional ink marginalia in a seventeenth century hand. The bottom inch of page 131/132 has been torn away, impacting the last four lines of text on both pages. An eight-line ink inscription (appearing to be in an 18th century hand) appear on the errata page ("From the Printer to the Reader.") listing errors found in the text. Text complete despite pagination. Shelved in Room G. EH Consignment. References: ESTC R21850; Sabin 98500. Henry Vane (1613-1662) emigrated from England to New England in 1635. A member of the most radical wing of the Puritans, he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1636, but returned to join the Long Parliament in 1637. Vane's stay in Massachusetts was tempestuous, and he returned to England in 1637 to become a member of the Long Parliament, though his interest in New England continued. After the Restoration he was imprisoned for two years, convicted of treason, and executed. The present text, authored by a partisan in favor of Vane, includes the speech Vane intended to give from the scaffold but was barred by the court. The speech argues for parliamentary sovereignty and other radical political ideas that proved influential among American colonists. 1381629. Special Collections. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1381629

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Titel: THE TRYAL OF SIR HENRY VANE, KT. AT THE ...

Verlag: [s.n.], [London?]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1662

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First Edition.