Reference code
DWL/RB/v.132
Other numbers
former reference:Treatises, v.1
Level of description
item
Title
Magistrates of Ghent’s speech
Date
1678
Extent and Medium
Extent:f 1 (f 1v is blank); 300 x 175 mm.
Genre/Physical Characteristic:No w/m
Scope and content
A translation from French of the 'Magistrates of Gant’s Speech upon the delivery of their keyes'. ‘Most mighty Monarch, they that change their Lords before an invincible necessity compells them to it; doe but begett by their revolt as ill a character for themselves in their new governours, as in their old they left.’ Written by an unknown hand.
Finding aids
Argent / Black v.132 (also listed as Treatises v.1); Thomas p.17
Publication note
Attached as part of the Appendix to Bradbury’s Eikon Basilike A Semon Preach’d The 29th of May 1715 (1715). The magistrates speak of the weakness of the Spanish crown and the perfidiousness of the English and plea for the protection of King Louis XVI of France as they deliver their city to the commanders of his military forces. For Thomas Bradbury (1676/7-1759) see ODNB.
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