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In French. In 12mo, 703 pag. Original calf showing age, see picture but the volume is tight- William Howard, Viscount, 1614-1680. The tryal of William Viscount Stafford for high treason in conspiring for the death of the King, the extirpation of the Protestant religion, the subversion of the government, and introduction of popery into this realm : upon an impeachment by the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled, in the name of themselves and of all the commons of England : begun in Westminster-Hall the 30 day of November 1680, and continued until the 7. of December following, on which day judgment of high treason was given upon him : with the manner of his execution the 29. of the same month. The trial, before the House of Lords, lasted from 30 November to 7 December, and was conducted with great solemnity. But no attempt was made to appraise the perjuries of Oates, Dugdale, and Tuberville, and the viscount was of course condemned by 55 votes to 31. It is sad to read that all his kinsmen but one (that one, however, the Lord Mowbray, with whom he had had many of the legal conflicts above here noticed) voted against him. His last letters and speeches are marked by a quiet dignity and a simple heroism, which give us a high idea of his character. His fellow prisoner and confessor, Father Corker, O.S.B., says: "He was ever held to be of a generous disposition, very charitable, devout, addicted to sobriety, inoffensive in words, a lover of justice." A portrait of him by Van Dyck belongs to the Marquess of Bute, Georges Montandon & J.J. Olinger. It was translated and published a few months after the trial and execution. Rare. Only one copy in ABE. Signed Michel Martin 16 May 1800 and Ex Libris AA Bo0nacker. Seller Inventory # 706
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Title: Proces De Guillaume, Vicomte de Stafford, ...
Publisher: Pierre Marteau, Cologne
Publication Date: 1681
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition.
