Shelfmark
Ge.1.16(68)
Main entry--corporate name
England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
Uniform title
[Miscellaneous Documents. 1642-04-22]
Title
His Majesties message to the House of Peers. April 22. 1642..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majesty: and by the assignes of John Bill., 1642..
Physical description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 36 cm. (full-sheet)
Note
Text begins: His Majestie having seen a printed paper, entituled, A question answered how laws are to be understood and obedience yeelded; ...
Note
Requesting the Lords to proceed against the author and publisher of a seditious pamphlet 'A question answered how laws are to be understood and obedience yeelded'. The doctrine 'that humane laws do not bind the conscience' means the speedy dissolution of civil government. -- Steele.
Note
Arms 23; Steele notation: Question Persons exem-
Note
Cf. ESTC R226576 for another edition with the same imprint and "Aprill" in title; Wing does not distinguish between the two editions.
Note
"A question answered ..." and "Humane laws..." are untraced.
Note
Woodcut royal coat of arms and initial.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R210461
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C2481
Citation/references note
Steele, I, 2081
Citation/references note
Thomason, 669.f.5[6]
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
Contemporary sprinkled calf with 20th century reback and repairs; boards have double-blind-fillet border frames; single gold fillet along board edges; text block edges stained red.
Copy-specific note
Bound with approximately 200 other broadsides, mainly dated 1641-1642.
Subject
Sedition England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Government, Resistance to England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Charles I, 1625-1649.
Added entry--name
Barker, Robert, ? - -1645 printer.
Added entry--name
Assigns of John Bill printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48272