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THE

PARLIAMENTARY

OR

CONSTITUTIONAL

History of England,

From the earlieft TIMES,

то THE

Restoration of King CHARLES II,

COLLECTED

From the RECORDS, the ROLLS of Parliament, the JOURNALS
of both Houses, the Public LIBRARIES, Orignal MANU-
SCRIPTS, fcarce SPEECHES, and TRACTS; all compared with
the feveral Contemporary Writers, and connected, through-
out, with the Hiftory of the Times,

By SEVERAL HAND S.

THE SECOND EDITION.

IN TWENTY-FOUR VOLUMES

V O L. XIV.

From the battle of Nafeby, in June 1645, to July 1, 1646.

LONDON,

Printed for J. and R. TONSON, and A. MILLAR, in the
Strand; and W. SANDBY, in Fleet-ftreet.

MDCCLXIII.

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IN

N the Course of the following Volumes the Reader will find a very minute and circumstantial Account of many Debates in Parliament upon the most interesting Topics, and several Papers of Importance, hitherto, in a great Measure, concealed from the Notice of the Public: Some Account, therefore, of the Authorities from whence they are derived cannot be improper.

IN order to this it is neceffary to premife, that, during the Civil Wars, and more particularly after the Army began to give Law to the Parliament who had raised them, there was published a vaft Variety of Journals, Diaries, &c. fome weekly, fome oftner: To give a Catalogue of all these would be endless; we shall therefore only mention the principal: And firft, a Pamphlet call'd The MODERATE INTELIGENCER, impartially communicating Martial Affairs to the Kingdom of England (a). This Journal seems to have been published under the Direction of the (a) Printed for R. Leybourne, in Monkfwell-ftreet, London. VOL. XIV.

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Army

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