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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CHAP. VII. Anno 1682.

We return again to England. The Ignoramus Bill of my Lord Sastsbury stuck so deep in the Sto∣machs of the Court faction, as they set all their Wits on the Tenter hooks, how to take the Election of Sherisls out of the power of the City; for doing

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which no expedient could be found, but by taking away their Charter, to which end, in Hillary Term 1682, they bring a quo warranto against the City, and so the King and the City enter the Lists, which oc∣casioned strife, Debeats and hard Struglings on both sides for a long time, but in Conclusion the Court party prevailing, in Trinity-term following, Judgement is given against the City, to the general astonishment of the whole Nation.

On the 29th. of November 1692, Dyed Prince Rupert in his House in Spring-Garden, in the sixty three years of his Age, Beloved generally of all En∣gland, and his Death bewailed.

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