Die Sabbati 9. April. 1642. : The Lords and Commons do declare, that they intend a due and necessary reformation of the government and liturgie of the church, ...
England and Wales.Parliament.
[London] : Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of Iohn Bill.,
1642..
Title from caption title and first words of text.
Parliament intends a reformation of the government and liturgy of the church after consultation with divines. It will establish learned and preaching ministers throughout the whole kingdom.
Type headpiece; Steele notation: Declare, away and.
In this edition the headpiece comprises three rows of ornaments, and in the first line of the imprint "Barker" is printed with a swash B; in another edition (ESTC R210439) the headpiece comprises four rows of ornaments, and "Barker" is not printed with a swash B.
Steele (and consequently Wing) does not distinguish between these different editions with "Iohn" in the last line of the imprint
Wing (2nd ed., 1994),
ESTC
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714,
Church of England
England London.