Lieu. Col. John Lilburn's plea in law,: against an Act of Parliament of the 30 of January, 1651. entituled, An act for the execution of a judgment given in Parliament against Lieu. Col. John Lilburn. Contrived and penned, on purpose for him, by a true and faithful lover of the fundamental laws and liberties of the free people of England, ... all which compels and forceth the penman to be very studious of his own good and preservation, ... and therefore, for his own good and benefit, the honest readers information, and for Mr Lilburns the prisoners advantage, he presents these ensuing lines to thy view, and his, as the form of a plea; that the penman hereof, as a true well-wisher of his, and the people of England, would have him to ingross into parchment, and to have ready by him to make use of (in case his own braines cannot contrive a better) when he is called up to answer for his life before the judges of the upper-bench, or any other bar of justice whatsoever; and the said form of a plea for him thus followeth verbatim.
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- Lieu. Col. John Lilburn's plea in law,: against an Act of Parliament of the 30 of January, 1651. entituled, An act for the execution of a judgment given in Parliament against Lieu. Col. John Lilburn. Contrived and penned, on purpose for him, by a true and faithful lover of the fundamental laws and liberties of the free people of England, ... all which compels and forceth the penman to be very studious of his own good and preservation, ... and therefore, for his own good and benefit, the honest readers information, and for Mr Lilburns the prisoners advantage, he presents these ensuing lines to thy view, and his, as the form of a plea; that the penman hereof, as a true well-wisher of his, and the people of England, would have him to ingross into parchment, and to have ready by him to make use of (in case his own braines cannot contrive a better) when he is called up to answer for his life before the judges of the upper-bench, or any other bar of justice whatsoever; and the said form of a plea for him thus followeth verbatim.
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- Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
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- [London :: s.n.,
- 1653]
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"Lieu. Col. John Lilburn's plea in law,: against an Act of Parliament of the 30 of January, 1651. entituled, An act for the execution of a judgment given in Parliament against Lieu. Col. John Lilburn. Contrived and penned, on purpose for him, by a true and faithful lover of the fundamental laws and liberties of the free people of England, ... all which compels and forceth the penman to be very studious of his own good and preservation, ... and therefore, for his own good and benefit, the honest readers information, and for Mr Lilburns the prisoners advantage, he presents these ensuing lines to thy view, and his, as the form of a plea; that the penman hereof, as a true well-wisher of his, and the people of England, would have him to ingross into parchment, and to have ready by him to make use of (in case his own braines cannot contrive a better) when he is called up to answer for his life before the judges of the upper-bench, or any other bar of justice whatsoever; and the said form of a plea for him thus followeth verbatim." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A88235.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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Lieu. Col. John Lilburn's Plea in Law, Against an Act of Parliament of the 30 of January, 1651. Entituled,
An Act for the execution of a Judgmentgiven in Par∣liament against Lieu. Col. John Lilburn. Contrived and penned, on purpose for him, by a true and faithful lover of the Fundamental Laws and Liberties of the free people ofEngland, a great deal more then of the person of Lieu. col.John Lilburn, though now he be a pri∣soner for the said Lawes, and Liberties, and his own innocency, in Newgate: All which compels and forceth the Penman to be very studious of his own good and preservation, very much concerned, and very much incroached upon, in that harsh, unjust, and illegal dealing, that at present is exercised upon him: And therefore, for his own good and benefit, the honest Readers information, and for Mr Lilburns the prisoners advantage, he presents these ensuing lines to thy view, and his, as the form of aPlea; that the Penman here∣of, as a true well-wisher of his, and the people ofEngland, would have him to ingross into Parchment, and to have ready by him to make use of (in case his own braines cannot contrive a better) when he is called up to answer for his life before the Judges of the Upper-Bench, or any other Bar of Justice whatsoever; and the said form of a Plea for him thus followeth verbatim. -
The illegal Mittimus of the
Lord Major. - postscript
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