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<h1>Ephemeris Parliamentaria (1654)</h1>

<p>Fuller, Thomas. <em>Ephemeris Parliamentaria; or a Faithfull Register of the Transactions in Parliament, in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of Our Late Sovereign Lord King Charles</em>. London: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, 1654.</p>

<p>A clergyman and historian, <strong>Thomas Fuller</strong> (1607/08–1661) compiled <em>Ephemeris Parliamentaria</em> as a record of recent events. In gathering the speeches of both Royalists and Roundheads, he hoped to establish the antecedents of the English Civil War. A seminal work in Parliamentary history, it represents the first printed collection of Parliamentary addresses. This copy includes the armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Evelyn on the front pastedown.</p>

<h2>Usage Rights:</h2>

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<h2>Files available for download:</h2>
<p><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/context/british-colonial-antecedents/article/1052/type/native/viewcontent">Title page, Ephemeris Parliamentaria</a></p>
<p><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=0&article=1052&context=british-colonial-antecedents&type=additional">Bookplate, Ephemeris Parliamentaria</a></p>