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Speech made before Charles I by Thomas Widdrington, and a poem, To the King, by John Saltmarsh
Widdrington, Sir Thomas (1600-1664)
1639
Bifolium in a single, probably contemporary, hand, containing the text of a speech made before Charles I by Thomas Widdrington, when Recorder of York, on 30 March 1639, and a poem by John Saltmarsh in...
Title: To the King
Author: Saltmarsh, John
Date(s): 1639 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 30
Contents: In praise of Charles I and against the Scots at a time of unrest in Scotland, arguing that the Scots are less loyal to the king than the English because of their greater physical distance from him