A letter from Major General Ludlow [pseud.] to Sir E.S. [i.e. Edward Seymour] : comparing the tyranny of the first four years of King Charles the martyr, with the tyranny of the four years reign of the late abdicated King [i.e. James II], Occasioned by the reading Doctor Pelling's lewd harangues upon the 30th of January, being the anniversary or general madding-day : [with postscript containing a parallel between a prayer of Charles I and the prayer of Pamela in Sidney's Areadia].

A letter from Major General Ludlow [pseud.] to Sir E.S. [i.e. Edward Seymour] :

comparing the tyranny of the first four years of King Charles the martyr, with the tyranny of the four years reign of the late abdicated King [i.e. James II], Occasioned by the reading Doctor Pelling's lewd harangues upon the 30th of January, being the anniversary or general madding-day : [with postscript containing a parallel between a prayer of Charles I and the prayer of Pamela in Sidney's Areadia].
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Ludlow, Edmund, fl. 1691-1692.
Contributors: Joly, Jaspar Robert, 1819-1892, donor.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Amsterdam : [s.n.], printed anno Domini 1691.
Subjects:
Charles > I, > King of England, > 1600-1649 > Early works to 1800.
James > II, > King of England, > 1633-1701 > Early works to 1800.
Pelling, Edward, > d. 1718 > Early works to 1800.
Notes:The work of a republican pamphleteer who wrote under the name of General Ludlow, or Edmund Ludlow, lieut.-general. Not to be confused with Edmund Ludlow, 1617?-1692. cf. Article on Richard Hollingworth in DNB; also BM under Ludlow, Edmund, pseud.

The "Postscript" contains a parallel of the prayer of King Charles, entitled A prayer in time of captivity, with the prayer of Pamela in the Countesse of Pembroke's Arcadia, by Sir Philip Sidney.

E.S. = Sir Edward Seymour.

In this edition, "Ludlow" in line 4 of the title is in roman type.

Physical description: [2], 30 p. ; small and 4to.

Citations/References: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), L1489

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