A Narrative of the Proceedings of Lord Geo. Gordon, and the Persons Assembled Under the Denomination of the Protestant Association: From Their Last Meeting at Coach-makers Hall, to the Final Commitment of His Lordship to the Tower. Giving a Faithful Detail of the Riots Than Insued ... To which is Added the Petition Presented to His Majesty, in Behalf of the Roman Catholics, and an Abstract of the Late Act of Parliament Passed in Their Favour |
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About half past one o ' clock , several parties of light horse ftationed themselves
near the Parliament House , and the avenues leading to the House of Commons
were lined with the foot guards ; the doors of Westminster hall were fhut , and it ...
About half past one o ' clock , several parties of light horse ftationed themselves
near the Parliament House , and the avenues leading to the House of Commons
were lined with the foot guards ; the doors of Westminster hall were fhut , and it ...
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At eleven o ' clock , the city trained bands received orders to beat to arms
immediately , and to give notice to every ' house - keeper to hold themselves in
readiness on the drum ' s beating , to march to such place as should be
necessary , in ...
At eleven o ' clock , the city trained bands received orders to beat to arms
immediately , and to give notice to every ' house - keeper to hold themselves in
readiness on the drum ' s beating , to march to such place as should be
necessary , in ...
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... Westminster , surrounded both Houses of Parliament , and possessed
themselves of the avenues to the fame , ( the said Houses of Parliament being
then fitting ) where they continued in a riotous and tumultuous manner ,
committing great ...
... Westminster , surrounded both Houses of Parliament , and possessed
themselves of the avenues to the fame , ( the said Houses of Parliament being
then fitting ) where they continued in a riotous and tumultuous manner ,
committing great ...
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to put themselves under the direction of the Sheriffs of London . - The Sheriffs of
London , waited on his Majesty at the Queen ' s House , with a message from the
Lord Mayor , defiring further affistance of troops to protect the public buildings as
...
to put themselves under the direction of the Sheriffs of London . - The Sheriffs of
London , waited on his Majesty at the Queen ' s House , with a message from the
Lord Mayor , defiring further affistance of troops to protect the public buildings as
...
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The officers of the fix regiments of the city militia fummoned every house - keeper
in the city , either to send a man , or be under arms themselves , by notice of the
beat of drum ; but the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs taking it into considera - tion ...
The officers of the fix regiments of the city militia fummoned every house - keeper
in the city , either to send a man , or be under arms themselves , by notice of the
beat of drum ; but the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs taking it into considera - tion ...
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Page 58 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 57 - I do declare that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 58 - Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me as they are commonly understood by English Protestants without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
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| Title | A Narrative of the Proceedings of Lord Geo. Gordon, and the Persons Assembled Under the Denomination of the Protestant Association: From Their Last Meeting at Coach-makers Hall, to the Final Commitment of His Lordship to the Tower. Giving a Faithful Detail of the Riots Than Insued ... To which ... Issue 3 of A Narrative of the Proceedings of Lord Geo. Gordon: And the Persons Assembled Under the Denomination of the Protestant Association, from Their Last Meeting at Coach-makers Hall, to the Final Commitment of His Lordship to the Tower. Giving a Faithful Detail of the Riots that Insued |
| Contributor | Protestant association. London |
| Publisher | J. Wallis, 1780 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 66 pages |
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