Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: the English Levellers, 1645–1649
- Chronological table
- Bibliographical note
- Notes on the texts
- Leveller texts
- 1 ‘On the 150th page’: An untitled broadsheet of August 1645
- 2 Toleration justified and persecution condemned. 29 January 1646
- 3 Postscript to The freeman's freedom vindicated. 16 June 1646
- 4 A remonstrance of many thousand citizens. 7 July 1646
- 5 An arrow against all tyrants. 12 October 1646
- 6 Gold tried in the fire. 4 June 1647
- 7 Several hands, An agreement of the people for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right and freedom. 28 October 1647
- 8 Members of the New Model Army and civilian Levellers, Extract from the debates at the General Council of the Army, Putney. 29 October 1647
- 9 The petition of 11 September 1648
- 10 England's new chains discovered. 26 February 1649
- 11 A manifestation. 14 April 1649
- 12 An agreement of the free people of England. 1 May 1649
- 13 The young men's and the apprentices' outcry. 29 August 1649
- Select biographies
- Index
- Title in the series
6 - Gold tried in the fire. 4 June 1647
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: the English Levellers, 1645–1649
- Chronological table
- Bibliographical note
- Notes on the texts
- Leveller texts
- 1 ‘On the 150th page’: An untitled broadsheet of August 1645
- 2 Toleration justified and persecution condemned. 29 January 1646
- 3 Postscript to The freeman's freedom vindicated. 16 June 1646
- 4 A remonstrance of many thousand citizens. 7 July 1646
- 5 An arrow against all tyrants. 12 October 1646
- 6 Gold tried in the fire. 4 June 1647
- 7 Several hands, An agreement of the people for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right and freedom. 28 October 1647
- 8 Members of the New Model Army and civilian Levellers, Extract from the debates at the General Council of the Army, Putney. 29 October 1647
- 9 The petition of 11 September 1648
- 10 England's new chains discovered. 26 February 1649
- 11 A manifestation. 14 April 1649
- 12 An agreement of the free people of England. 1 May 1649
- 13 The young men's and the apprentices' outcry. 29 August 1649
- Select biographies
- Index
- Title in the series
Summary
Courteous Reader,
I shall give thee a short narrative of some passages upon the following petitions. First concerning the Large Petition, divers printed copies thereof were sent abroad to gain subscriptions, one whereof was intercepted by an informer and so brought to the hands of Mr Glynn, Recorder of London and a member of the Commons' House, who was pleased to call it a scandalous and seditious paper. Whereupon it was referred to Colonel Leigh's committee (it being that committee appointed to receive informations against those men who preached without licence from the ordainers) to find out the authors of the said petition. Upon this a Certificate was drawn up and intended by the petitioners to have been delivered to the said committee for vindication of the said petition – as will appear by the certificate herewith printed – and notice being taken of one of the petitioners named Nicholas Tew, who read the said certificate in the Court of Requests for the concurrence of friends who had not formerly seen nor subscribed the certificate; and for his so doing he was sent for presently before the said committee; and for refusing to answer to interrogatories, was presently by them committed and still remains in prison, it being at the least three months since his first commitment.
Likewise Major Tulidah, was, upon complaint of that committee, the next day committed by the House – but since discharged upon bail – without any just cause shown for either of their commitments.
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- The English Levellers , pp. 73 - 91Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998