ENGLISH PARLIAMENT, House of Commons. A declaration of the Commons .... concerning the rise and progresse of the Grand Rebellion in Ireland - London: July 25 1643. 4to. pp. 63. A good copy in...

ENGLISH PARLIAMENT, House of Commons. A declaration of the Commons .... concerning the rise and progresse of the Grand Rebellion in Ireland - London: July 25 1643. 4to. pp. 63. A good copy in modern half calf. This runs to 63 pages and is part of the propaganda war between Parliament and the King. In addition it published some significant documents, one of which issuing from the Supreme Council of the Confederate Catholics of Ireland is a naval commission dated ''Kilkennie the last of December 1642'' to ''our wellbeloved friend Captaine Francis Oliver, native of Flanders having received good testimony of his sufficiency and integrity to be captain of the ship called Saint Michaell the Archangel of burden an hundred and twentie lasts or tuns or thereabouts''. He was directed to attack not merely enemies of the Confederation but also those of the King. The 1st of two Wing printings - E 2557. Sweeney 1776. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney

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