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 PRY PRYNNE, WILLIAM. The Treacliery and Disloyalty of the Papists to their Sovereigns, in Doctrine and Practice ; with the Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms ; wherein the Traitorous Anti-monarchical Doctrine, and Attempts of Papists upon the Crown's Prerogative, are briefly related, &;c. 4 Parts. 4to. 2d ed., enlarged. London. 1643. ■ . A Seasonable, Legal, Historical Vindication, and Chronological Collection of good old Fundamental Liberties, Franchises, Rights, and Laws of all English Freemen, &;c., evinced by Parliamentary Records, &c. 3 Parts. 4to. London. 1654 ; and 1679, new Title only. Part I. 1655. 2d ed., much enlarged. . An Exact Chronological Vindication, and Histo- rical Demonstration of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Nor- man, and English Kings Supreme Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, over all Spiritual or Religious Affairs, Causes, and Persons, as well as Temporal, within the Realms of England, Scodand, Ireland, and other Dominions, from the Original Planting and Embracing of Christian Religion therein, and Reign of Lucius, our first Chris- tian King, to the end of the Reign of Q. Eliz. 3 vols. fol. London. 1665-70. This work is commonly known by the title of Prynne's Records. The author proposed to have carried on this work, as the title specifies, down to the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but he did not live to complete his design. The first volume, though not first printed, has a large frontis- piece, in which the author appears presenting his book to King Cha. IL, and the Pope, with his mitre falling, &c., with a great number of other figures, which are all explained ; and then follows a dedication to his Majesty, wherein he gratefully takes notice of his conferring on him, without his solicitation, the oflice of Keeper of the Records in the Tower, with an honorary pension ; which, as also his Majesty's encouragement, and that of some honourable lords, engaged him to the herculean task of these sheets. This volume begins at the first planting of Christianity in this Island, and ends with the reign of Rich. I., chiefly consisting of historical and other collections, together with some characters of our kings never published before. The second volume, which has also the large frontispiece, and which was first published, is dedicated to the Earl of Clarendon, who was a principal encourager of this valuable work; in it he continues the story and precedents, from Rich. I. down to the death of Hen. in., showing, from many records, patents, and historical testi- monies, that during this period, our kings claimed and exercised supreme 592