PRYNNE, William.
The soveraigne power of parliaments and kingdomes: divided into foure parts, together with an appendix: wherein the superiority of our owne, and most other foraine parliaments, states, kingdomes, magistrates, (collectively considered) over and above their lawfull emperours, kings, princes is abundantly evidenced, [..].
London, Michael Sparke, 1643. 5 parts in 1. [viii], [ii=title], 42 - [iv], 79 [recte: 89] - viii, 150[recte: 152] - [iv], 36 - 218[recte: 210], [1] pp. Modern calf, spine with morocco titleshield (calf a bit scratched; upper corner title page missing, & restored with old paper; upper margin cropped a bit tightly, sometimes affecting borders and pagination but not the text; pagination erroneous, but complete)
¶ Provenance: ex libris Isaac Foot on pastedown; 'A.F. Pollard' (the historian?) on flyleaf; name in old hand, partially removed from title.
¶ Ad 1: first edition (the second edition was greatly enlarged).
¶ Ad 2: pagination as in ESTC-copy R32260, with errata in four lines at foot of K4r; leaf A3 missigned I3 1 - The treachery and disloyalty of papists to their soveraignes ['soverajgnes'], in doctrine and practise, together with an exact parallel of the jurisdiction ... claimed and exercised by our popish parliaments... wherein likewise the traiterous, antimonarchicall doctrines, practises and attempts of papists ... 2 - Second part... wherein the parliaments and kingdomes right and interest in, and power over the militia... 3 - The third part ...Wherein the parliaments present necessary defensive warre against the kings offensive malignant, popish forces ... 4 - The fourth part... wherein the parliaments right and interest in ordering the militia, forts, ships, magazins ... is manifested by some fresh records in way ... 5 - an appendix: manifesting by sundry histories and authors that in the ancient roman kingdome and empire [etc.] the supreme soveraignty and power resided not in the emperours and kings themselves, but in their kingdomes, senates, parliaments, people ...
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