Reasons against agreement with a late printed paper intituled Foundations of freedome, or, The agreement of the people
Subtitle: vvhereby it doth appear that the particulars proposed in the said paper are not foundations of freedome, but of tyrannie and slaverie to the people, being destructive to religion, laws, liberty, and government, against our Covenant and Protestations, and very dangerous and unsafe for the kingdom
By: by William Ashhurst.
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1648
Place of publication: London, printed
Language: eng
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Constitutional history -- Great Britain.; Civil rights -- Great Britain -- History.; Foundations of freedom.
Notes: Wing A3976.
Written in opposition to the proposed new constitution drawn up by a committee of 16. The committee's version was published Dec. 15, 1648, by John Lilburne, who objected to changes made in it by Army officers. The officers' version was published Jan 15, 1649, as: An agreement of the people of England and the places therewith incorporated, for a secure and present peace, upon grounds of common right, freedom, and safety. Cf. DNB, XI, 1125; NUC pre1956 (NA0097397-8).
Signatures: A-B⁴ C1.