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The true portraiture of the kings of England; drawn from their titles, successions, raigns and ends. Or, A short and exact historical description of every king, with the right they have had to the crown, and the manner of their wearing of it; especially from William the Conqueror. Wherein is demonstrated that there hath been no direct succession in the line to create an hereditary right, for six or seven hundred yeers
Parker, Henry (1604-1652)
1650
First edition. "To the reader" is signed: Henry Parker. "In the preface,... Parker disavows writing the balance of the tract; my reasons for assigning the whole to Parker are given on pp.166-8 above...