An Epitomy of English History; Wherein Arbitrary Government Is Display'd to the Life, in the Illegal Transactions of the Late Times Under the Tyranni (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1690 Excerpt: ... publick Declaration, about the beginning of Fehruary r 1648. in which were marry strange Invectives against the King, and his Government, raki-g in ail the Errors thereof, and remerabring things done before his Reign. They also endeavoured to have sixed on him the Marcher of his Royal Father King fames, the Rebellion and Massacre of inland, and other wicked' and horrid Crimes lay'd to his Charge and almost in every bodies Mouth, so that they were not only Content to take away the Government from their King, and to usurp the Royal dignity, but they went ahout to defame him, and to Murther his Honour and innocency, even before they had agreed to take away his Life from his Person, aed to make him as odious as they coald, in the Eyes of all men, to take off the Odium asmuch as they could from themselves, for or bat th y now intended to do, vt. The murthcr of their Prince, which began now to be designed by the prevailing Independent Paity, who had.get the Army oa their sides and overawed the rest.. However, they could not carry things so, but that I their Intention began to be seen, akhothey had proewv ed Letters or Addresses of thanks, from several Counties, by their Agent6, for their Votes against the King; ytr for the roost part the peoples Eyes being now every ay. more and more opened; began to see what a Brat they had nourished up, under the. notion of Liberty, ' who being grown up to it's height, proved that most I dreadful Arhitrary, they so much had scared; insomuch, t tfcat.from Grumbling and Murmuring, the City began to stir, and jn several other places, as in Kint, and uv..-, Waits, . under Lauhorn, foyer, and Powell; upon this tlk Commireeof Daily House was Imponred anew, for tlii suppressmg of Tumults and Insurrections The Insuri rections were s