A letter from General Ludlow to Dr. Hollingworth... defending his former letter to Sir E.S. which compared the tyranny of the first four years of King Charles the Martyr, with the tyranny of the four years of the late abdicated King. And vindicating the Parliament which began in Novemb. 1640. Occasioned by the lies and scandals of many bad men of this age
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Type of record: Book
Title: A letter from General Ludlow to Dr. Hollingworth... defending his former letter to Sir E.S. which compared the tyranny of the first four years of King Charles the Martyr, with the tyranny of the four years of the late abdicated King. And vindicating the Parliament which began in Novemb. 1640. Occasioned by the lies and scandals of many bad men of this age
Classmark: BC Pol/LUD
Creator(s): Ludlow, Edmund (1617?-1692)
Additional creator(s): Ludlow, Edmund (1617?-1692) (Other); Hollingworth, Richard (1639?-1701) (Other)
Related people: Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701; Ludlow, Edmund; Hollingworth, Richard
Publication city: Amsterdam
Date(s): Printed Anno Dom. 1692
Language: English
Size and medium: viii, 72p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287966
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002501779705181
Description
Written in reply to Richard Hollingworth the younger's 'A defence of King Charles the first', 1692 and another tract entitled 'A vindication of their Majesties wisdom', 1691, which the author of this tract attributes to Hollingworth. 'A letter to Sir E.S.' was published under Ludlow's name in 1691.
Not in fact written by Edmund Ludlow (DNB). The work of a republican pamphleteer who wrote under the name of General Ludlow, or Edmund Ludlow, Lieutenant General.
'Sir E.S.' = Edmund Seymour; 'the late abdicated King' = James II.
Imprint probably spurious.
Dated Jan. 30 1691/2 at end.
Indexed in: Wing(2) L1469, under 'Letter'.
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