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Record Nr.

UNISA996392278003316

Autore

Overton Richard <fl. 1646.>

Titolo

The commoners complaint: or, A dreadful warning from Newgate, to the commons of England [[electronic resource]] : Presented to the honourable committees for consideration of the commoners liberties. Wherein (as in a glasse) every free-man of England may clearly behold his own imminent insufferable bondage and slavery under the Norman-prerogative men of this kingdom, represented by the present sufferings of Richard Overton; who for his just vindication of the commoners rights and freedoms against the arbitrary domination of the House of Lords, hath by them bin imprisoned these 6 months in the goal of Newgate, his wife and his brother also by them most unjustly cast into Maiden Lane prison: ... Whereunto is annexed the respective appeales of his wife, and his brother, unto the High Court of Parliament, the Commons of England assembled at Westminster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n.], Printed anno Dom. 1646. [i.e. 1647]

Descrizione fisica

[2], 23, [1] p

Soggetti

Freedom of the press - England

Censorship - England

Detention of persons - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dated and signed at end: Feb. 1. 1647. Richard Overton.

Place of publication from Wing.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "feb: 10th".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018