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William Prynne (1600-1669)

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Name: William Prynne

Date of birth: 1600

Date of death: 1669

Source of information: Special Collections

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All Souls Theology 3/GIL: Aarons rod blossoming; or, the divine ordinance of church-government vindicated : so as the present Erastian controversie concerning the distinction of civill and ecclesiasticall government, excommunication, and suspension, is fully debated and discussed from the holy scripture, from the Jewish and Christian antiquities, from the content of latter writers, from the true nature and rights of magistracy, and from the groundlessness of the chiefe objections made against the Presbyteriall government in point of a domineering arbitrary unlimited power

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BC CW (Dep) 1644/6: Independency examined, vnmasked, refuted, by twelve new particular interrogatories: detecting both the manifold absurdities, inconveniences that must necessarily attend it, to the great disturbance of church, state, the diminution, subversion of the lawfull undoubted power of all Christian magistrates, parliaments, synods: and shaking the chiefe pillars, wherewith its patrons would support it

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BC CW (Dep) 1647/19: A brief ivstification of the XI. accused members, from a scandalous libel, stiled A particular charge and impeachment, in the name of Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the army under him, newly printed and published to defame them : wherein the apparent falshood and malice of some of the most materiall charges, is demonstrated to the world, for the present, till the rest be fully cleared in time by themselves, to the eternal infamy of the fals accusers, not any of them as yet daring to own and make good the generall or particular charge, in their own names under hands, as by law they ought

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BC CW (Dep) 1647/19: A declaration of the officers and armies, illegall, injurious, proceedings and practises against the XI. impeached Members : (not to be parallel'd in any age) and tending to the utter subversion of free Parliaments, rights, priviledges, freedome, and all common justice. And to introduce a meer arbitrary power in the very highest court of iustice

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BC CW (Dep) 1647/19: A full vindication and answer of the XI. accused Members, viz. Denzill Holles, Esq; Sir Philip Stapleton... Anthony Nichols Esq to a late printed pamphlet intituled, A particular charge or impeachment, in the name of Sir Thomas Fairfax and the army under his command; against the said Members, by his appointment and the Councel of War

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BC CW (Dep) 1647/19: VIII qveries upon the late declarations of, and letters from, the army: proposed to all true lovers of their country and parliaments, and conscientious souldiers in the army

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BC CW (Dep) 1647/44: A full vindication and answer of the XI. accused Members, viz. Denzill Holles, Esq; Sir Philip Stapleton... Anthony Nichols Esq to a late printed pamphlet intituled, A particular charge or impeachment, in the name of Sir Thomas Fairfax and the army under his command; against the said Members, by his appointment and the Councel of War

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BC CW (Dep) 1649/12: A vindication of the imprisoned and secluded Members of the House of Commons, from the aspersions cast upon them, and the maiority of the House, in a paper lately printed and published: intituled, An humble answer of the Generall Councel of the Officers of the Army under his Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax, to the demands of the honourable Commons of England in Parliament assembled, concerning the late securing or secluding some members thereof

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BC CW 1641/24: Rome for Canterbury: or A true relation of the birth, and life, of William Laud, Arch-bishop of Canterbury: together with the whole manner of his proceeding, both in the Star-Chamber, High-Commission Court, in his owne house and some observations of him in the Tower. With his carriage at the sight of the deputyes going to the place of execution, &c. Dedicated to all the Arminian tribe... in the yeare of grace, 1641. Whereunto is added all the articles by which he stands charged of high treason, &c

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BC CW 1642/125: A soveraigne antidote to prevent, appease, and determine our unnaturall and destructive civill wars and dissentions. Wherein divers serious considerations tending to this purpose, are propounded both to the King and subjects... With a most serious exhortation both to the King and subjects to embrace and preserve peace, and abandon civill warres, with other matters worthy of consideration. Also Vox popvli, or the peoples humble discovery of His Majesties ungrounded iealousies and their own loyaltie

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BC CW 1642/126: A soveraign antidote to prevent, appease, and determine our unnaturall and destructive civill warres and dissentions. Wherein divers serious considerations tending to this purpose are propounded both to the King and subjects, the Parliaments and Sir Iohn Hothams proceedings at Hull and in the militia justified, Sr Iohn Hothams actions proved to be neither treason, felony, nor trespas, by the laws of the land, nor any just ground or cause at all for His Majestie to rayse an army, or a most unnaturall civill warre in his Kingdome. With a most serious exhortation both to the King and subjects to embrace and preserve peace and abandon civill warres, with other matters worthy of consideration

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BC CW 1642/15: A moderate and most proper reply to a declaration printed and published under His Majesties name December 8 : intended against an ordinance of Parliament for assessing : but indeed animating and encouraging the malignants, and delinquents, in their violent courses for the maintenance of themselves and their malignant army

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BC CW 1649/11: A legall vindication of the liberties of England, against illegall taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament lately enforced on the people: or, Reasons assigned by William Prynne of Swainswick in the county of Sommerset, Esquire, why he can neither in conscience, law, nor prudence submit to the new illegall tax or contribution of ninety thousand pounds the month; lately imposed on the kingdom, by a pretended Act of some Commons in (or rather out of) Parliament

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BC CW 1649/4: A hue and crie after Cromwell: or, The cities lamentation for the losse of their coyne and conscience

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BC CW 1659/34: A short, legal, medicinal, usefull, safe, easie prescription, to recover our kingdom, Church, nation from their present dangerous, distractive, destructive confusion, and worse than Bedlam madnesse : seriously recommended to all English freemen who desire peace, safety, liberty, settlement

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BC CW 1659/35: Ten quaeres, upon the ten new commandements of the General Council of the officers of the armies Decemb. 22. 1659

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BC Lt d/BRO: Novus reformator vapulans, or, The Welch Levite tossed in a blanket : in a dialogue between Hick--- of Colchester, David J---nes, and the ghost of Wil. Pryn

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BC Lt/NEV: Shufling, cutting, and dealing, in a game at pickquet: being acted from the year, 1653. to 1658

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BC Lt/PRY: Histrio-mastix. The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts : Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you

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BC Lt/PRY: Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations : raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. rockes, 2. seas, 3. gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed

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