Cottoni posthuma : divers choice pieces, of that renowned antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, knight and baronet ; preserved from the injury of time, and exposed to publick light, for the benefit of posterity, by J.H., Esq

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Cottoni posthuma : divers choice pieces, of that renowned antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, knight and baronet ; preserved from the injury of time, and exposed to publick light, for the benefit of posterity, by J.H., Esq

Title remainder

divers choice pieces

Statement of responsibility

of that renowned antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, knight and baronet ; preserved from the injury of time, and exposed to publick light, for the benefit of posterity, by J.H., Esq

Instantiates

• Cottoni posthuma : divers choice pieces

Manufacture

• London, Printed by M.C. for C. Harper ; and are to be sold by W. Hensman and T. Fox ..., 1679

Note

• Title within couble border; initials
• Consists of 16 pieces, each (except the first) with special t.p.; includes Sir Philip Sidney's Valour anatomized in a fancie, and Sir Francis Walsingham's Anatomizing of honesty, ambition, and fortitude

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• A relation of the proceedings against ambassadors .... -- That the Kings of England have been pleased, usually, to consult with their peers in the Great Council, and Commons in Parliament : of marriage, peace, and war -- That the Soveraigns person is required in the great councils or assemblies of the state : as well at the consultations as at the conclusions -- A discourse of the lawfulness of combats to be performed in the presence of the King, or the constable and marshal of England -- A brief abstract of the question of precedency between England and Spain : occasioned by Sr. Henry Nevil, the Queen of Englands ambassador, and the ambassador of Spain, at Calais .... -- A remonstrance of the treaties of amity and marriage : before time, and of late, of the House of Austria and Spain, with the Kings of England to avance themselves to the monarchy of Europe -- Twenty-four arguments whether it be more expedient to express popish practices against the due allegiance of His Majesty ..
• The manner and means how the kings of England have from time to time supported and repaired their estates -- An answer to certain arguements raised from supposed antiquity and urged by some members of the lower House of Parliament to prove that ecclesiastical laws ought to be enacted temporal men -- The argument made by the command of the House of Commons, out of the acts of Parliament, and authority of law expounding the same) at a conference with the Lords, concerning liberty of the purpose of every freeman -- A speech delivered in the lower House of Parliament, assembled at Oxford, in the first year of the reign of King Charles 1 -- A speec made by Sir Rob. Cotton ... to deliver his opinion touching the alteration of coyn -- The danger wherein this kingdom now standeth, and the remedy -- Valour anatomized in a fancie -- Sir Francis Walsingham's anatomizing of honesty, ambition, and fortitude, written in the year 1590 -- A brief discourse concerning the power of the peers and commons of Parliament, in point of judicature

Dimensions

18 cm (8vo)

Extent

8 unnumbered pages, 353 pages, 1 unnumbered page

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Record ID

.b4326775

System control number

02-B2854