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Political Tracts--Smith, John (bap. 1580-1631). NEW ENGLANDS TRIALS... WITH THE PRESENT ESTATE OF THAT HAPPIE PLANTATION... AND HOW TO BUILD A FLEETE OF GOOD SHIPPES... THE SECOND EDITION. LONDON: W. JONES 1622, FF. [15 OF 16] (A-D4, LACKING C4), [STC 22793; JCB 622/138; SABIN 82835], TITLE CUT DOWN AND MOUNTED, HEADLINES CROPPED, LAST PAGE SOILED Hitchcocke, Robert. A pollitique platt for the honour of the prince... relief of the poore, preservation of the riche, reformation of roges and idle persones, [etc.]. London: J. Kingston, 1580, ff. [6], [24], quire b printed as a folding table, [STC 13531], some leaves cropped, table mounted and with very slight loss of some text England. Public Documents. Miscellaneous. 1585. A declaration of the causes mooving the Queene of England to giue aide to the defence of the people afflicted and oppressed in the lowe countries [by William Cecil and Francis Walsingham] (An addition to the declaration...). London: C. Barker, (1585), [2], 20, 5, [1]pp. (A-D4, -A1 and D4), A3 line 11 text ends "ha-", B2r line 7 ends "compas-", D1r with catchword "Pamphlet", last line of main text on D3r reads "the earth", inscribed in manuscript at end "Gyven at Richmount yw 10 (corrected from 15) of october [to] be publishe[d] (crossed out) and ye 17 yere of ye reign of our sover[aign] lady ye Queen, to be published", [STC 9189] James I, King. [A collection of proclamations, acts etc. from the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I]. [London, 1609?], quires I-R4, S2 [Langlois de Fancan, François] The favorites chronicle. Printed according to the French copie, 1621, [2], 41pp., 'began' and not 'beganne' in line 2 of p.10, [STC 15203 and addenda], cropped at top at end Petty, Sir William. A treatise of taxes & contributions. Shewing the nature and measures of crown-lands... benevolence, penalties... excize, &c. With several intersperst discourses... concerning warres... registries for conveyances. Beggars... libert of conscience. &. The same being frequently applied to the present state and affairs of Ireland. [London, 1662], [16], 75, [5 (penultimate leaf with errata, last leaf blank)] pp., [Wing P1938/9], cropped at foot of leaves, with loss of imprint 6 works in one volume, 4to, binding: mid-eighteenth-century polished calf, gilt spine, red morocco lettering-piece, red edges