Eigentliche Beschreibung des Parlements von Engelland [A true and accurate description of the Parliament of England; namely how it operates and the violence it is planning. Compiled by the Honourable Sir Thomas Smith, knight and Doctor of both Laws, and o

Author

• Thomas Smith

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Publication Date

1688

Document Type

Book Page

Comments

relators:att:person:Smith, Thomas 1513-1577|Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Foreign Language B1F23

Format

.tif

Publisher

Zu bekommen im gulden A.B.C.

Extent

24 unnumbered pages, 1 folded plate : illustration ; 20 cm

Page Number

10004

Description

Includes a copperplate illustration of the English Parliament in session. Figure A: the King standing from his throne in his royal garb and the crown on his head. Figure B. The Prince of Wales, or in absence thereof, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Figure C. The Duke of York or the Archbishop of York. Figure D. The Imperial Justice/ Professor of Law and the State Secretary. Figure E. The Speaker of the House of Commons (Lower House). Figure F. The members of the House of Lords (Upper House) in their proper order. The pamphlet describes how the Parliament is currently run, and then proposes how it should be run, via a free and open Parliament that is more representative of the People.