Catalogue of English Broadsides 1505-1897

is8 Cftfafogue of [William 111.
[? January], 725.—An Account of the Principal Officers, Civil and Military, of Eng-
'^7-8- land, in the Year 1698.
London, Printed for Abel Roper, at the. Black Boy, over against St.
Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street, 1698.
Fol. 7 cols. R. L.
[?June, 726.—To the Honourable the House of Lords.
[Signed] P^lianor James.
No imprint. [London, ? 1698.]
Fol. R. L.
Mrs. James is of opinion that if the Lords pass the Bill they will be instrumental to undo
Hundreds of Widows and Fatherless. She refers to the strife that was being carried on between the
Old and the New East India Company. The Bill was adverse to the interests of the Old Company.
Sth August, 727.—Address To His Majesty, By The Parliament.
^^" Subscribed at Edinburgh the 5th of August, 1698. in Name, Presence,
and by Warrant of the Estates of Parliament, Seafield J. P. D. P.
No imprint. [Edinburgh, 1698.]
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From the Scottish Parliament. The Company Trading to Africa and the Indies have met
with obstructions in the prosecution of their trade, particularly by a memorial presented to the
Senate of Hamburgh, tending to lessen the credit of the Company. Pray that measures may be
taken to vindicate the rights and privileges of the Company.
19th August, 728.—The Substance of Sir Bartholomew Shower's Speech At the
' Guild-Hall, P^xon, August 19th, 1698. Upon Declaring the Poll for the
Burgesses of that City Ejected, to Serve in this Present Parliament.
London, Printed for M. Baldwin, at the Oxford-Arms-Inn in Warwick-
Lane. [1698.]
Fol. 2 pp. R. L.
Defends himself from a scandalous libel that had been published in which he was accused of
being a Papist, pleading for traitors, and consenting to the taking off the penal laws and test.
He then addresses the electors on religion, government, and trade.
[?August, 729.—Memorial To his Grace, His Majesties High Commissioner, and
1098.J j.j^g Honourable Estates of Parliament, concerning a Fond for a yearly Sallary
to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.
No imprint. [Edinburgh, 1698.]
Fol. R. L.
The salary was settled by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland, passed Sept. ist, 1698, by which
the Judge of the Admiralty received £100 sterling/tr annum out of the impost on foreign ships.