On July 23rd, 1662, the Solemn League and Covenant of Scotland was torn and burnt by the heralds at the Cross of Edinburgh, by order of the Parliament then sitting there.
Thomas Brewster was tried at the Old Bailey, London, on February 22nd, 1663/4, for printing the Phenix, and found guilty. He was fined, ordered to stand on the pillory, and then imprisoned. The proceedings will be found in Howell's State Trials, Vol. 6, p. 514.
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A treatise of the execution of justice, wherein is clearly proved that the execution of judgment and justice is as well the people's as the magistrate's duty, and if the magistrates pervert judgment the people are bound by the law of God to execute judgment without them and upon them. 1663.
For printing this book, John Twyn of London, stationer, was tried at the Old Bailey on February 20th, 1663, and being convicted received sentence as in cases of high treason, and was executed accordingly.[185] A portion of this pamphlet is preserved among the State Papers of the period. It is a sheet containing pp. 25 to 32, with a note attached that it was taken when printing by Twyn.[186]
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The Mayor of Northampton's case. 1663.
On April 7th, 1663, the House of Commons ordered that this printed paper, containing "matter of scandal against several persons of quality," should be referred to the Committee of privileges and elections.[187]
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