THE

PARLIAMENTARY

O R

CONSTITUTIONAL

History of England,

From the earlieft TIMES,

TO THE

Diffolution of the Convention Parliament that
restored King CHARLES II.

Together with an

AP PE

PENDIX

OF

Several Matters relative to the foregoing Hiftory, which
were either omitted in the Course of it, or have been
fent in to the Compilers fince the Publication of the
former Parts of this Work.

From the Meeting of the Parliament, after a fhort Adjournment, Novem
ber 6, to the Diffolution of it, December 29, 1660.

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

MDCCLXIII.

TII E

EDITORS to the READER.

T

H E Conclufive Part of this long and tedi

ous Work, brings it down to the Period we at first intended.-We cannot, without Pain, look back on the Rocks and Precipices, nor the barren Plains and inhofpitable Mountains, we have paffed over to gather these Anecdotes, during a Course of more than twelve Years Peregrination. And when we acquaint our Reader that we have gone through all our antient Monkish Historians, as well as Modern ones; the Parliament Rolls and Records; the Journals of the Houfe of Lords in Manufcript, thofe of the Commons in Print, Page by Page; add to thefe whole Cart-Loads, as we may well call them, of old Pamphlets and printed Speeches of the Times, he will not think the Allegory used above to be unjust.

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We entered upon this Hiftory, at first, with a View that it might all be comprized in Three or Four Volumes at most; and, indeed, the first Five hundred Years of Parliamentary Proceedings in this Kingdom are contained in Four: But then the Jatter Reigns, as thofe Times are much nearer our prefent Age, afford a greater Light, and have VOL. XXIII.

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