The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight.

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The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight.
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Pettus, John, Sir, 1613-1690.
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London :: Printed for the author and are to be sold by Tho. Basset ...,
1680.
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England and Wales. -- Parliament -- History.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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"The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54595.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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IN the Eighth Chapter I shewed the Exemplar Writs to Princes, Dukes, and Earls of the Bloud-Royal; I am now according to the method of this Pawn, to shew the Exemplar Writs to Dukes, Mar∣quesses, Earls, and Barons not of the Bloud. I shall begin with that in Anno 1661. being agreeable to that Exemplar (before recited) to the Dukes of the Bloud, from the word (Salutem) to the end of the Writ; but the Preambles to that word do afford variety almost in all

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Writs, and therefore before I make the Observation upon it, I shall give a view of the Writ at large (being only abbreviated in the Pawn.)

CArolus Secundus Dei Gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae & Hiberniae Rex fidei defensor, &c.

Praecharissimo Consan∣guineo suo Thomae Comiti Southampton Thesaurario Angliae Salutem

Quia de Ad∣visamento & assensu Concilii nostri pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus negotiis nos statum & defensionem regni nostri Angliae & Ecclesiae 'Anglicanae concernen' Quoddam Parliamentum nostrum apud Civitatem nostram Westm' 8. die Maii prox futur' teneri ordinavimus ac ibidem vobiscum ac cum Magnatibus & Proceri∣bus dicti Regni nostri, Colloquium habere & tractatum, vobis sub fide & ligeantia quibus nobis tenemini firmiter injungendo mandamus Quod consideratis dictorum ne∣gotiorum arduitate & periculis imminen∣tibus cessante excusatione quacunque dictis die & loco personaliter intersitis nobiscum ac cum Magnatibus & Proceribus prae∣dictis supra dictis negotiis tractatur' vestrumque Concilium impensur' Et hoc sicut Nos & honorem nostrum ac Salvationem & defensionem Regni & Ec∣clesiae praedictae expeditionem; dictorum

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negotiorum diligitis nullatenus omittatis.

Teste Rege apud Westm' 18. die Febr. Anno Regni nostri 13.

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