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Beheaded Dr. John Hewytts ghost pleading, yea crying for exemplarie justice against the arbitrarie, un-exampled injustice of his late judges and executioners in the new High-Commission, or Court of Justice, sitting in Westminster-Hall. Conteining his legal plea, demurrer, and exceptions to their illegal jurisdiction, proceedings, and bloody sentence against him; drawn up by counsel, and left behinde him ready ingrossed; the substance whereof he pleaded before them by word of mouth, and would have tendred them in writing in due form of law, had he not discerned their peremptory resolution to reject and over-rule, before they heard them read.
Date of publication:
1659
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Drawn up by William Prynne on Hewit's behalf for his trial. Running title reads: The plea and demurrer of Doctor Iohn Hewytt, &c. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 27"; "27". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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Date of publication:
1658
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Verse: "Why should man fear to die,". With a description of Hewit's execution at end of poem. Imperfect: item at A1:1[24] mutilated with loss of text; item at A4:1[69] stained, affecting title.. Reproduction of original ...
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Date of publication:
1658
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Signed: Your most affectionate friend, brother and servant in Christ Jesus, John Hewit. Dated at end: Tower, June 7. 1658. Morning 7 a clock. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 9". Reproduction of original in the William ...
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Date of publication:
1658
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Dated and signed at end: Tower, June 7. 1658. Morning 7 a clock. Your most affectionate friend, brother and servant in Christ Jesus, John Hewit. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 9". Reproduction of the original in the ...
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Date of publication:
1659
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Includes Hewit's "Letter to Doctor Wilde" (p. 6) and "His speech upon the scaffold" (p. 8-[1]) Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
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Date of publication:
1658
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With three final advertisement leaves. Date of publication from Wing. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Date of publication:
1659
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Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
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Date of publication:
1658
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Annotation on Thomason copy: "August". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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The several tryals of Sir Henry Slingsby, Kt., John Hewet, D.D., and John Mordant, Esq., for high treason, in Westminster-Hall together with the Lord President's speech before the sentence of death was pronounced against the afore named Sir H. Slingsby and Dr. Hewet, being the 2 of June, 1658, at which time the said Mr. Mordant was by the court acquitted : as also the manner of their execution on Tower-Hill the 8 of June following, with the substance of their speeches on the scaffold.
Date of publication:
1658
Description:
Contains errors in pagination. Imperfect: cropped, stained, with print show-through and loss of print. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
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Date of publication:
1658
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Imperfect: stained, with print show-through. Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.
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