By the King, a proclamation. William R. Whereas We have been informed, that a false, scandalous and traiterous libel, intituled, An inquiry into the causes of the miscarriage of the Scotch-colony at Darien, or, An answer to a libel, intituled, A defence of the Scots abdicating Darien, ...
England and Wales.Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III)
WilliamIII,King of England,1650-1702.
London : Printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty,
1699. [i.e. 1700]
Title from caption title and first lines of text.
The dates are given according to Lady Day dating.
At end of text: "Given at our court at Kensington, the twenty ninth day of January, 1699. In the eleventh year of Our reign.".
Arms 137; Steele notation: Trai- ring ut-.
"On the address of Parliament, £500 is offered for the discovery and apprehension of the author and £200 for the printer of a libel entitled 'An inquiry into the causes of the miscarriage of the Scotch-colony at Darien, ...'. Pardon to any accomplice not the author as well as the reward." -- Steele.
Wing (2nd ed.)
Crawford, J.L.L. Royal proclamations, 1485-1714,
ESTC
Microfilm.
Libel and slander
England London.