A translation from French of the 'Magistrates of Gant’s Speech upon the delivery of their keyes'. ‘Most mighty Monarch, they that change their Lords before an invincible necessity compells them to it; doe but begett by their revolt as ill a character for themselves in their new governours, as in their old they left.’ Written by an unknown hand.
Magistrates of Ghent’s speech
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- ReferenceGB 123 DWL/RB/1/172
- Former ReferenceGB 123 Treatises v.132 Treatises v.1
- Dates of Creation1678
- Physical Descriptionf 1 (f 1v is blank); 300 x 175 mm.
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Note
Black considers the date to have been added by Baxter or Morrice.
Other Finding Aids
Argent / Black v.132 (also listed as Treatises v.1); Thomas p.17
Bibliography
Attached as part of the Appendix to Bradbury’s Eikon Basilike A Semon Preach’d The 29th of May 1715 (1715). The magistrates speak of the weakness of the Spanish crown and the perfidiousness of the English and plea for the protection of King Louis XVI of France as they deliver their city to the commanders of his military forces. For Thomas Bradbury (1676/7-1759) see ODNB.