CANTERBURIES DOOME. Or The first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud, late Arch-bishop of Canterbury. Containing the severall orders, articles, proceedings in Parliament against him, from his first accusatio therein, till his tryall: together with the various evidences and proofs produced against him at the Lords Bar, in justification of the first branch of the Commons charge against him; . with his severall answers to those evidences, proofs, and the Commons reply thereunto. Wherein this Arch-prelates manifold trayterous artifices to usher in popery by degrees, are cleerly detected, and the ecclesiasticall history of our church-affaires, during his pontificall domination, fa

(Laud). Prynne, William.

Published by Printed by John Macock for Michael Spark senior at the sign of the Blue Bible in Green Arbour, 1646

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1st Ed. Sm. folio. [4], 100, 89-128, 131-134, 141-142, 151-154, 147-488, 491-565, [13] p. Frontis. by Hollar (crudely repaired to verso), decorative/historiated initial letters, dec. headpieces, full page engraving to pp.122. [Lacking portraits of Prynne and Laud and final blank]. Title page within double rule and with cut crudely repaired to verso, occasional marginal tears (3 with marginal loss), browning, early speckled calf, triple blind rule to borders, loss to corners, some surface wear and marking, rope exposed to hinges cracked in part though firm, gilt motifs and ruling with gilt lettered label to spine with sl. loss to head and substantial to tail. Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), P3917; McAlpin II/443; Lowndes 1988; Davies/Keeler 1266; ESTC No R19620; Frontis. illustration (pi1v) signed: W: Hollar fecit. a: Order-to-print on verso of title page: Die Martiss Martii. 1644. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, . H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com; Text continuous despite pagination; With final errata leaf. Includes index. William Prynne (1600 1669), pamphleteer and lawyer. . Prynne's record of Archbishop Laud's trial, Canterburies Doome (1646), was constructed with one end in view: to show that Laud's crime lay not in advancing royal absolutism, but in subverting it. He was impenitent about rigging the record to fit the conclusion: 'no indifferent person can justly taxe me with partiality or injustice for inserting into the History, [materials] for the fuller discovery of his Popish intentions in this kinde' (Canterburies Doome, dedicatory epistle) . ODNB. US$663.

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• Title: CANTERBURIES DOOME. Or The first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud, late Arch-bishop of Canterbury. Containing the severall orders, articles, proceedings in Parliament against him, from his first accusatio therein, till his tryall: together with the various evidences and proofs produced against him at the Lords Bar, in justification of the first branch of the Commons charge against him; . with his severall answers to those ...
• Publisher: Printed by John Macock for Michael Spark senior at the sign of the Blue Bible in Green Arbour
• Publication Date: 1646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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