The late history of Europe being a narration of all remarkable actions and other various affairs, both civil and military, that have happened in the several kingdoms and republicks : from the Treaty at Nimiguen in anno 1676 to the conclusion of the late peace at Res-Wick in September 1697 : which makes up a history of one and twenty years : accuratly and succinctly abridg'd / by Captain David Kennendy.
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The late history of Europe being a narration of all remarkable actions and other various affairs, both civil and military, that have happened in the several kingdoms and republicks : from the Treaty at Nimiguen in anno 1676 to the conclusion of the late peace at Res-Wick in September 1697 : which makes up a history of one and twenty years : accuratly and succinctly abridg'd / by Captain David Kennendy.
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Kennedy, David, Captain.
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Edinbvrgh :: Printed by George Mosman ...,
1698.
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Ryswick, Treaty of, 1697.
Europe -- History.
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"The late history of Europe being a narration of all remarkable actions and other various affairs, both civil and military, that have happened in the several kingdoms and republicks : from the Treaty at Nimiguen in anno 1676 to the conclusion of the late peace at Res-Wick in September 1697 : which makes up a history of one and twenty years : accuratly and succinctly abridg'd / by Captain David Kennendy." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47247.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
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SECT. 1.
[Sect. 1] The King being netled at the Par∣liaments harsh usage of him on t••e tenth of January 1681, he prorogue them to the twentyeth; And on the eighteenth, he diss••lv••d them. And sum∣monds anot••e••••o meet at Oxford on the twenty first of March following; t••is filled all thinking Men with Astonishment and ••errour▪ and a great ma∣ny of the p••••me Nobility, being utterly dissatisfied with the Kings Resolution in this point, meet, and frame a Petition to hi•• M••j••sty, full of most weighty and unanswerable Arguments▪ b••s••eching him to let the Parliamen•• sit at the usual pl••ce▪ in Westminster, which Petition was ••••esented to him by the Earl of Ess••x who tend••red it with a pithy and pertinent Speach to the same purpose.
The Pet••tion was Subscribed by these Noble∣men following.
Monmouth.
Kent,
Huntington
Bedford,
Salisbury,
Clare,
Stan••ford,
Essex,
Sha••tsbury,
Mordant,
Evers,
••aget,
Gray,
Herbert,
Howard
Delamere.
The Kings Answer to this Petition is recorded no where, All that can be f••und is that he express••d his displeasure at it, by a froune. However he con∣tinues firm and unmoveable for the Parliaments sit∣ing at Oxford, and withall sets a mark on the main contryvers of this Petition, as ye shall find after∣ward.