A compendious history of the most remarkable passages of the last fourteen years with an account of the plot, as it was carried on both before and after the fire of London, to this present time.

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Title: A compendious history of the most remarkable passages of the last fourteen years with an account of the plot, as it was carried on both before and after the fire of London, to this present time.
Author: L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
Publication: London :: Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, and are sold by S. Neale ...,; 1680.
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Subject terms: Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688.
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Because your Lordships have receiv'd the Earl of Danby's Plea of Pardon, with a very long and unusual Protestation, wherein he has aspers'd His Majesty by false suggestions, as if His Ma∣jesty had commanded or countenanc'd the Crimes he stands charg'd with, and particularly the sup∣pressing and discouraging the Discovery of the Plot, and endeavouring to Introduce an Arbitra∣ry and Tirannical way of Government; Which remains as a scandal to His Majesty, tending to render His Person and His Government odious to His People, against which it ought to be the principal care of both Houses to Vindicate His Majesty by doing justice upon the said Earl.