A seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen : (their best inheritance, birthright, security, against arbitrary, tyrannicall, and Egyptian burdens) and of their strenuous defence in all former ages; of late years most dangerously undermined, and almost totally subverted, under the specious disguise of their defence and future establishment, upon a sure basis, their pretended, greatest propugners. Wherein is irrefragably evinced by Parliamentary records, proofs, presidents, that we have such fundamentall liberties, ... that to attempt or effect the subversion of all or any of them, ... is high treason: ... Collected, recommended to the whole English nation, as the best legacy, he can leave them. /
Prynne, William,1600-1669.
London : Printed for the authour, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbour,
1654.
Running title reads: An historical and legal vindication of the fundamental liberties, rights, and laws of England.
Second and third parts were published in 1655 and 1657.
In this setting title page border does not lack a fleur-de-lis in top left corner and the 'A' forming the first word of title is above the 'E,' of 'SEASONABLE,'; another setting has the 'A' above the 'L' of 'SEASONABLE'.
An earlier issue has through pagination and lacks the singleton signed "d" and numbered p. 25-26 which is inserted following D4. Without this extra leaf, text is not continuous.
Wing (2nd ed.)
ESTC