The triall, of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne : by an extraordinary or special commission, of oyear and terminer at the Guild-Hall of London, the 24, 25, 26. of Octob. 1649. Being as exactly pen'd and taken in short hand, as it was possible to be done in such a croud and noise, and transcribed with an indifferent and even hand, both in reference to the court, and the prisoner; that so matter of fact, as it was there declared, might truly come to publick view. In which is contained all the judges names, and the names of the grand inquest, and the names of the honest jury of life and death. Vnto which is annexed a necessary and essential appendix, very well worth the readers, carefull perusal; if he desire rightly to understand the whole body of the discourse, and know the worth of that ner'e enough to be prised, bulwork of English freedom, viz. to be tried by a jury of legal and good men of the neighbour-hood. Published by Theodorus Verax.
1649
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The triall, of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne : by an extraordinary or special commission, of oyear and terminer at the Guild-Hall of London, the 24, 25, 26. of Octob. 1649. Being as exactly pen'd and taken in short hand, as it was possible to be done in such a croud and noise, and transcribed with an indifferent and even hand, both in reference to the court, and the prisoner; that so matter of fact, as it was there declared, might truly come to publick view. In which is contained all the judges names, and the names of the grand inquest, and the names of the honest jury of life and death. Vnto which is annexed a necessary and essential appendix, very well worth the readers, carefull perusal; if he desire rightly to understand the whole body of the discourse, and know the worth of that ner'e enough to be prised, bulwork of English freedom, viz. to be tried by a jury of legal and good men of the neighbour-hood. Published by Theodorus Verax.
Created/published
[London] : Printed by Hen. Hils in St. Thomas's Southwark, [1649]
Description
[4], 166, [2] p., plate : port. ; (4to)
Associated name
Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657, author.
Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Note
Theodorus Verax = Clement Walker.
Place of publication from Wing.
The first leaf bears authorization to print by Lilburne: At the earnest desire of the printer, I have read this following Discourse, and cannot say but that I do verily believe, the pen-man of it hath done it with a very indifferent hand betwixt the court, and my self the prisoner: And so far as in me lies, I am for my part willing the world should see it. Southwark, this 28. of Novemb. 1649. John Lilburne.
Variant: line 10 of title page has "noyes".
Portrait on 2 states: Lilburne faces 1) left or 2) right.
Place of publication from Wing.
The first leaf bears authorization to print by Lilburne: At the earnest desire of the printer, I have read this following Discourse, and cannot say but that I do verily believe, the pen-man of it hath done it with a very indifferent hand betwixt the court, and my self the prisoner: And so far as in me lies, I am for my part willing the world should see it. Southwark, this 28. of Novemb. 1649. John Lilburne.
Variant: line 10 of title page has "noyes".
Portrait on 2 states: Lilburne faces 1) left or 2) right.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 52)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), W338
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.584[9]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R203993
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.584[9]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R203993
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
W338
Folger-specific note
131261. Half burgundy goatskin. Variant. State 1
Call number
W338.2
Folger-specific note
131262. Bound in contemporary vellum, with a manuscript spine-title. Bd.w. Wing H1125. State 2. With an additional engraved portrait of Lilburne inlaid and inserted between [A]1 and [A]2. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps copy? (cf. Manuscript shelf-mark on front paste-down)