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COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS, ADVENTURERS IN LONDON
The state of the Irish Affairs, for the Honourable Members of the Houses of Parliament; as they lye represented before them, from the Committee of Adventurers
in London for lands in Ireland - London: 1645. 4to. pp. [i], 26. A good copy in modern half morocco. Wing S 5318.
This Committee was “sitting at Grocers-Hall for that service” and this pamphlet deals with affairs from August 15th to December 16th. Sweeney 97.
€150 - €200
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COOKE, JOHN
King Charls his case: or, an appeal to all rational men concerning his tryal. London: 1649. 4to. pp. 43. Very good in modern quarter morocco. Wing C 6025.
Cooke had a vested interest in demolishing the defence put forward by Charles I, having in the role of solicitor general been the State prosecutor in the case. He
then came to Ireland filling various legal offices including that of chief justice of the province of Munster, where he received lands in Waterford confiscated from
the royalist Wadding family. After the Restoration he was arrested, put on trial as a Regicide, convicted and executed. Sweeney 1186.
€80 - €120
91
COOPER, WILLIAM
HEBREW: Jerusalem fatall to her assailants discovered in a sermon before the Honorable House of Commons - London: 1649. Licenced 30 August. 4to. pp. [viii],
31, 1. A very good copy in modern half morocco. Wing C 6064.
The author after a five year spell in The Hague as chaplain to the exiled Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, came to London to minister at St. Olave’s. The occasion
for this sermon was the thanksgiving day “for that signall victory over the Lord Ormond, in routing his whole army, and raising the Siege of Dublin under the com-
mand of Lieutenant General Jones.” Sweeney 1195.
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