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 te tenth of January 1681, he prorogue them to the twentyeth; And on the eighteenth, he disslvd them. And sum∣monds anote o meet at Oxford on the twenty first of March following; tis 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 Mjsty, full of most weighty and unanswerable Arguments▪ bseching him to let the Parliamen sit at the usual plce▪ in Westminster, which Petition was ••••esented to him by the Earl of Essx who tendred it with a pithy and pertinent Speach to the same purpose.

The Pettion was Subscribed by these Noble∣men following.
  • Monmouth.
  • Kent,
  • Huntington
  • Bedford,
  • Salisbury,
  • Clare,
  • Stanford,
  • Essex,
  • Shatsbury,
  • Mordant,
  • Evers,
  • aget,
  • Gray,
  • Herbert,
  • Howard
  • Delamere.

The Kings Answer to this Petition is recorded no where, All that can be fund is that he expressd 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.

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