Whether the Kinge of England by his perogative may sett impositions, loanes or privy seales without assent of Parliament, [ca. 1650].

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Whether the Kinge of England by his perogative may sett impositions, loanes or privy seales without assent of Parliament, [ca. 1650].

Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a treatise defending the King's "prerogative in layeinge Impositions uppon marchandizes."

1 v. (289 p.) ; 28 x 19 cm.

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