JAMES I. Apologia pro Iuramento Fidelitatis, Primum quidem anonymos: Nunc vero ab Ipso Auctore, Serenissimo ac Potentiss Principe, Iacobo Dei Gratiâ Magnae Britannia, Franciae & Hiberniae Rege, Fidei Defensore denuo edita. Cui praemissa est Praefatio Monitoria Sacratiss Caesari Rodolpho II. Semper Augusto, Caeterisq; Christiani Orbis Sereniss, ac Potentiss, Monarchis ac Regibus: Illustriss. Bound with: Triplici nodo triplex cuneus. Sive Apologia Pro Iuramento Fidelitatis, Adversus Duo Breuia PP. Pauli Quinti, & Epistolam Cardinalis Bellarmini, ad G.

Blackvellum Archipresbyterum nuper Scriptam. Esdr. III. Londini: Excudebat Ioannes Norton, Serenissimae Regiae Maiestatis, in Latinis, Graecis, & Hebraieis Typographus, 1609. 12mo. pp. [iv], 160, [14], [ii], 136. Contemporary full calf, covers framed by double gilt fillets and double dog-tooth roll; spine divided into six compartments by five raised bands; title in gilt on red morocco in the second. Minor wear to spine ends, corners lightly bumped. All edges red. A very good copy.
ESTC R26276. Sweeney 2534. STC 14406. The 1st of two STC printings of this Latin translation of ‘An apologie for the Oath of Allegiance first set foorth without a name …’ At its first appearance James I had published it anonymously but subsequently acknowledged his authorship of this post Gunpowder Plot defence of the Oath of Allegiance. The oath had been imposed on Catholics to test their civil allegiance.

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