Author:William Prynne

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William Prynne
(1600–1669)

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English lawyer, author, polemicist, and political figure; prolific writer, published over 200 books and pamphlets.

Works

Books

Healthes: sicknesse. Or, a compendious and briefe discourse; prouing, the drinking, and pledging of healthes, to be sinfull, and utterly unlawfull unto Christians (1628) (external scan)
Histriomastix (1633) (external scan)
Parliamenta Rediviva
Lord bishops, none of the Lords bishops. Or A short discourse, wherein is proved that prelaticall jurisdiction, is not of divine institution (1640) (external scan)
A true and full Relation of the Prosecution, Trial, and Condemnation of Colonel N. Fiennes (1644), co-authored with Clement Walker

Pamphlets

The Sword of Christian Magistracy

Works about Prynne

"Prynne, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Prynne, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Prynne, William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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