A vindication of VViliam Prynne Esquire from some scandalous papers and imputations, nevvly printed and published, to traduce and defame him in his reputation. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A91319 of text R211134 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.13[67]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A91319 Wing P4129 Thomason 669.f.13[67] ESTC R211134 99869867 99869867 162963 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A91319) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162963) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f13[67]) A vindication of VViliam Prynne Esquire from some scandalous papers and imputations, nevvly printed and published, to traduce and defame him in his reputation. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1649] Dated and signed at end: From the Kings head in the Strand, Ian. 10 1648, William Prynne. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Prynne, William, 1600-1669 -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A91319 R211134 (Thomason 669.f.13[67]). civilwar no A vindication of VViliam Prynne Esquire, from some sandalous papers and imputations, nevvly printed and published, to traduce and defame him Prynne, William 1649 889 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 C The rate of 11 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE VINDICATION OF VVILLIAM PRYNNE Esquire , From some scandalous Papers and Imputations , nevvly Printed and Published , to traduce and defame him in his REPUTATION . WHere as A scandalous Paper have been newly printed and published in my Name by some of the imprisoned Stage-Players , or Agents of the Army , intituled Mr. William Prynne his Defence of Stage-Playes , Or , A Restraction of a former Book of his called HIS TRIOMASTIX , of purpose to traduce and defame me : I do hereby publikely declare to all the world , the same to be a meere Forgery and imposture , and that my judgement and opinion concerning Stage Playes and the Common Actors of them , and their intollerble mischeivousness in any Christian state , is still the same , as I have more amply manifested it to be in my HISTRIOMASTIX . And whereas another Pamphlet hath been printed and published , with this title . The examination of Mr. Wil. Prynne by order of the House of Commons , with his Answer : wherein is related . That the two Members appointed to know Mr. Prynnes Answer , whether the scandalous Pamphlet to which his Name was set was his ? and whether he would owne it ? repored this answer , That when a sufficient authority sent to Him , he would returne a speedy answer ; Which answer is to be considered of on Thursday-next : that there is a mistake in this Report : which I conceive my selfe bound to rectifie , by relating the whole truth , which is as followeth . That on Friday last about five of the clock at night , Mr. Humphrey Edwards , and Iohn Fry , came to my Chamber , to the Kings head in the Strand , & without shewing me any order , or commission ; told me : that they were sent to me by the house of Commons to aske me a question : which was , Whether a Booke they then produced , and held in their hands , were mine , or not ? not reading the Title , nor any part of it ; but J conceived it was the Memento , To whom J returned this answer . That I knew of no authority they had to demand this question of me ; that I neither knew nor took them to be Members , their elections being both void and illegall , and so proved at the Committees which examined them , who had voted them such , and therefore they ought not to sit , being voted out of the House . And that this was all the answer J should returne them : Who should be alwayes ready to give an answer to any question , concerning any book I had written in a legall way , when it should be demanded by a lawfull authority . M. Fry answered , that though his Election was voted voyd by the Committee , that it was not reported to , nor voted void by the House , and therefore he might sit , TO which I replied , That no man after his election was unanimously voted voyd by the whole Committee , being so foul as his and Mr. Edmonds were , had the impudency to sit and vote in the house , til they made the president . Whereupon they departed somewhat disconted . This is the reall truth of all that passed between me & them , Which I thought it my duty to publish to the world to avoid mistakes : & so much the rather , because the Gen ▪ counsell of the Army in their Answer of Jan 3 , touching the secured and secluded Members : p , 4 , 5 , complain of many abuses in the New Elections ; and that the elections of many honest men have been long suspended under examination , and kept off from tryall by practise of the secluded Members , when as in verity , the greatest abuses of this kind that ever were , have proceeded from the Officers and their parties ; most of the elections of their adherents being very foule and void , & petitioned against , being kept off by their parry , from examination , and report : by reason whereof , the two forementioned Gentlemen , Mr. Blagrave , ( whose Election is voted void long since ) and divers others now sitting , have been kept in the house against al right and justice , when as there is not one secluded Member for ought J can learn whose election is not fair and legall . In witnesse whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name ; WILLIAM PRYNNE . From the Kings head in the Strand , Ian. 10 1648 , Esay 57 , 4 None calleth for justice ; nor any pleadeth for truth : they trust in vanity and speak Eyes : they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity their works are works of iniquity , and the act of violence is in their hands . Titus 1. 12 the Cretians are alwayes lyars , evill beasts , slow bellies , FINIS .