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4205. A true and certain relation of the strange discovery and sudden apprehending of the three grand traytors, Colonel Okey, Colonel Barkstead, and Mil[e]s Corbert on Sunday night last, at Delft in Holland; by Sir George Downing, Major Miles and several other English gentlemen. The demands of Sir George Downing to the States of Holland, in the name of His Majesty the King of Great Brittain: the order granted thereupon; and the securing the traytors aboard the Blackamore frigot, and landing them at Harwich in Essex, having a strong guard to convey them to the Tower of London: with their several speeches when they were surprized; and the strange workings and purgings of Miles Corbet upwards and downwards

4206. A true and credible report, of a great and very daungerous fight at sea, betwene certaine ships belonging to sundrye merchants of England, and fiue well approoued ships of warre of the King of Spaines: which fight hapned the 25. of May last past 1600. within the straightes of Gibraltare. The truth thereof beeing faithfully sent from one friend to an other..

4211. A True and impartial account of the birth, parentage, education, life, and conversation of Edmund Audley who was executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 22d of June, 1698, for the barbarous murther of Mrs. Hannah Bullevant in St. Martins Le Grand, near Aldersgate : as also, an account of his marriage to a ministers daughter at Exeter ... to which is added, the particulars of his tryal and condemnation ...

4212. A True and impartial account of the cruel and bloody murther committed upon the body of Thomas Thin, Esq. on Sunday last, being the 12th of this present February, 1682, between the hours of seaven and eight at night, who was barbarously and inhumanely butcher'd in his own coach in the open street, by three out-landish villains, named, Frederick Fratz, a German captain, and George Boroskie, a Polander, and John Stern, a German ...

4213. A True and impartial account of the cruel and bloody murther committed upon the body of Thomas Thin, Esq., well known in the west of Engl. for an estate of near 120000 l. a year on Sunday the 12th of February, 1682, between the hours of seaven and eight at night, who was barbarously and inhumanely butcher'd in his own coach in the open street, by three out-landish villains, named, Frederick Fratz, a German captain, and George Boroskie, a Polander, and John Stern, a German ... letting you know the cause of this assassination, which they alledge was in the vindication of Count Charles John Conningsmarke ...

4215. A True and perfect relation of the discovery of the new hellish plots of the papists to cast the odium of their horrid treasons upon the Presbyterians and under that notion to involve many hundreds of the most considerable nobility and gentry [brace] of the [brace] Protestant religon in a general ruine : with an account how they went to insnare Mr. Blood, and several others : as also Mr. Dangerfield's confession about great material matters, the like whereof was never known before, very remarkable and worth the reading

4222. A true copy of the petition and reasons thereunto annexed, of the master-cutting-taylors and journey-men, freemen of London in answer to the petition of some freemen-working-taylors, of the said city. To the right honourable the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, and Common Council of the honourable city of London, the humble petition of several inhabitants, master-cutting-taylors, and journey-men freemen, of the same city

4223. A true copy of the speech of Mr. Francis Johnstons, alias Dormore, alias Webb, alias Wall; a priest of the Church of Rome, (who was convicted before Mr. Justice Atkins, at Worcester, last Lent-assizes, upon an indictment on the statute of the 27 Eliz. cap. 2.) which he spake upon the ladder, immediately before his execution, on Fryday last, August 22. 1679. With animadversions upon the same

4224. A true discovery of a womans wickednesse, in endeavouring to betray the city of London to the Caveliers, by discovering the strength of the said city to them, and giving notice of all our proceedings heerein. Also declaring how she betrayed the forces which were billited at Brainford. With a manifestation of the certainty of the death of Prince Robert : also a declaration, wherein in [sic] is manifested by what meanes the cavaliers escaped from before Sion-house ... Whereunto is annexed the examination of seven red-coates, which were taken prisoners by the cavaliers, but since escaped ... VVherein is declared how the king and prince on Munday morning walked aside out of the roade, to a poore womans house, where walking in the garden, his Majesty was seene to weepe bitterly ...

4227. The True narrative of the confession and execution of the fifteen prisoners at Tyburn, on Monday the 8th of this instant March, 1679/1680 [i.e. 1680] viz. Richard Hodgkinson, John Braford, Timothy Grady, Edward Grady, Randol Russel, William Harris, Joseph Phillips, Evan Wood, William West, William Woodward, William Carter, John Anderson, Frances Lewis, Dorothy Clark, Dorothy Hall, with a particular account of each persons fact for which they suffered

4229. A true narrative of the Popish-plot against King Charles I and the Protestant religion as it was discovered by Andreas ab Habernfeld to Sir William Boswel Ambassador at the Hague, and by him transmitted to Archbishop Laud, who communicated it to the King : the whole discoovery being found amongst the Archbishops papers, when a prisoner in the Tower, by Mr. Prynn (who was ordered to search them by a committee of the then Parliament) on Wednesday, May 31, 1643 : with some historical remarks on the Jesuits, and A vindication of the Protestant dissenters from disloyalty : also, A compleat history of the Papists late Presbyterian plot discovered by Mr. Dangerfield, wherein an account is given of some late transactions of Sir Robert Peyton

4230. The true narrative of the procedings [sic] at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayly, or, The trial and condemnation of six notorious popish priests & Jesuites, for high-treason viz., William Russel alias Napper, James Corker, Lionel Anderson alias Munson, Charles Parry, and Alexander Lunsden, at a commission of Oyer and Terminer there held, on Saturday the 17th of this instant January 1679

4231. The true relation and description of 2. most strange and true remarkable sea-fights against the Turkes. The one was on the 14. of April last, 1636. in a ship called the Blessing, of Stone-house in the parish of Pilmmouth, the masters name being Richard Andrew, of Stoken Tenew, betwixt Dartmouth and Exeter. The other sea-fight being the 6. of Nouember, 1636. in a ship called the Iohn of Plimmouth, of the burden of 120. tonnes, the masters name being William Chappell of Cockerton, in the county of Devonshire..

4236. A true relation of the unjust accusation of certain French gentlemen, (charged with a robbery, of which they were most innocent) and the proceedings upon it, with their tryal and acquittance in the Court of Kings Bench, in Easter term last. Published by Denzell Lord Holles, partly for a further manifestation of their innocency, (of which, as he is informed, many do yet doubt) and partly for his own vindication, in regard of some passages at that tryal, which seemed very strongly to reflect upon him

4242. The tryal and condemnation of several notorious malefactors, at a sessions of Oyer and Terminer holden for the city of London, county of Middlesex, and goal [sic] delivery of Newgate beginning May 20, 1681, ending the 21 of the same month, at the Sessions House in the Old-Bayly : with the names of those that receiv'd sentence of death, burnt in the hand, transported, and to be whipt : and more especially the tryal of the maid that killed the apprentice, in Shoe-lane : together with an account of a parsons wife that committed a murther in the like manner

4247. The tryal of Richard Langhorn Esq; counsellor at law, for conspiring the death of the King, subversion of the government, and Protestant religion who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason, and received sentence accordingly, at the sessions in the Old Bayley, holden for London and Middlesex, on Saturday, being the 14th. of June 1679

4249. The tryal of Slingsby Bethel, Esq., upon an indictment preferred by Robert Mason against him of which he was found guilty at the general quarter sessions of the peace for the town and burrough of Southwark at the Bridge-house, holden and kept before the right honourable Sir Patience Ward, Lord Mayor of the city of London, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir William Hooker, Sir Thomas Bloudworth, Sir James Edwards, and Justice Pyrs, on Wednesday, October 5, 1681

4250. The tryal of Thomas, Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland : upon an impeachment of high treason by the Commons then assembled in Parliament, in the name of themselves and of all the commons in England : begun in Westminster-Hall, the 22th of March 1640, and continued before judgment was given until the 10th of May 1641 : shewing the form of parliamentary proceedings in an impeachment of treason : to which is added, a short account of some other matters of fact transacted in both houses of Parliament precedent, concomitant, and subsequent to the said tryal, with some special arguments in law relating to a bill of attainder

4251. The tryals and condemnation of several persons for murders, felonies and burglaries: which began on the 16th of this instant July 1679 and ended on Fryday the 18th at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayly, with the number of those that are condemn'd, burn'd in the hand, transported and to be whipt. As also, of the tryals of Sir George Wakeman, Mr. James Corker, William Rumley and William Marshal: all of which were charged with high treason

4252. The tryals and condemnation of Thomas White, alias Whitebread, provincial of the Jesuits in England, William Harcourt, pretended rector of London, John Fenwick, procurator for the Jesuits in England, John Gavan alias Gawen, and Anthony Turner, all Jesuits and priests for high treason in conspiring the death of the King, the subversion of the government, and Protestant religion; at the sessions in the Old-Baily for London and Middlesex on Friday and Saturday, being the 13th and 14th of June 1679

4254. The Tryals of Joseph Dawson, Edward Forseith, William May, [brace] William Bishop, James Lewis, and John Sparkes for several piracies and robberies by them committed in the company of Every the grand pirate, near the coasts of the East-Indies, and several other places on the seas : giving an account of their villainous robberies and barbarities : at the Admiralty sessions, begun at the Old-Baily on the 29th of October, 1696, and ended on the 6th of November

4255. The tryals of of Robert Charnock, Edward King and Thomas Keyes for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate His Sacred Majesty K. William in order to a French invasion of this kingdom who upon full evidence were found guilty of high-treason at the Session-house in the Old-Baily, March 11, 1695/6 : together with a true copy of the papers delivered to the sheriffs of London and Middlesex at the time of their execution

4257. Tudor churchwardens' accounts

4258. Tudor England

4261. Tudor England and its neighbours

4269. Tuesday, July 24, 1683 Whereas one Thomas Fox bookseller of Westminster, has published an advertisement, insinuating, as if that speech and paper of my Lord Russell's printed by me, was not true, and doth pretend to publish a more perfect one, together with the speeches of Walcot, Hone and Rouse in five sheets sold for six pence : this is to give notice ...

4274. Tvvo speeches of the right honourable William, Lord Vicount Say and Seale, Mr. of his Majesties Court of Wards and Liveries, and one of his Majesties most honourable Privy Councell, spoken in Parliament. The first upon the bill against bishops power in civill affaires and courts of iudicature. The other a declaration of himselfe touching the liturgie

4275. Twelve considerable serious questions touching chvrch government sadly propounded (out of a reall desire of vnitie and tranquillity in church and state) to all sober-minded Christians, cordially affecting a speedy setled reformation, and brotherly Christian vnion in all our churches and denominations, now miserably wasted with civill unnatuall warres, and deplorably lacerated with ecclesiasticall dissentions

4279. Two cases of conscience

4282. Two horrid murthers; one, committed upon the person of Henry the Fourth of France. The other upon his son in law, Charles the First of England. Of the various and lasting tortures endured by the murtherers of the one, (extracted out of Mr. Howell his history of Lewis the 13th) and of the early short punishments undergone by the murtherers of the other. Though for the atrocity of the fact, they were not inferior to the first, but considering all circumstances, and complication of treasons went beyond him

4285. Two ordinances of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament the one giving power to the Committee of Goldsmiths Hall to tender the Solemn League and Covenant to all persons ... the other for the enabling of the commissioners of the Great Seal and the other committees in their severall counties to tender an oath ... together with the oath to be taken

4297. An unhappy game at Scotch and English. or, A full answer from England to the papers of Scotland wherein their Scotch mists and their fogs their slayings and gain-sayings; their juglings, their windings and turnings; hither and thither backwards and forwards, and forwards and backwards again; their breach of covenant, article and treaty, their king craft present design against the two Houses of Parliament and people of England, their plots and intents for usurpation and government over us and our children detected, discovered and presented to the view of the world as a dreadfull omen, and warning to the kingdome of England