A whip for the present House of Lords, or The Levellers levelled. In an epistle writ to Mr. Frost, secretary to the Committee of State, that sits at Darby House, in answer to a lying book said to be his called a declaratio, &c. By L.C. Io. Lilburne, prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London, Feb. 27. 1647. Into which is inserted his speech against the House of Lords legislative and iudicative power, made at the barre of the House of Commons, the 19. of Ianuary, 1647. In which is punctually proved, both by reason, and the Parliaments own declarations, that though the present House of Lords, (de facto) exercise a law making, and a law iudging power, yet (de jure) they have no right to either, ... In which i salso [sic] a lash for L,G. Cromwell and Mr. Masterson, the lying shepheard of Shoreditch neere London.
Lilburne, John,1614?-1657.
[London : s.n.,
1648]
Caption title.
Imprint from Wing; years are given according to Lady Day dating.
A declaratio &c. = A declaration of some proceedings of Lt. Col. John Lilburn, and his associates. Here the author conjectures it could also have been written by Nathaniel Fiennes.
Wing (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Fiennes, Nathaniel, 1607 or 1608-1669
Frost, Walter, active 1619-1652
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords
Declaration of some proceedings of Lt. Col. John Lilburn, and his associates