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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A20026) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 10030) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1200:03) To the Honorable assemblie of the Commons in the present Parlament Dee, John, 1527-1608. 1 sheet ([2] p.) Printed by E. Short, dwelling on Bred-streete hill neere to the end of old Fish-streete, at the signe of the Starre, [1603. At London : [1604?]] Signed: Iohn Dee .. An. 1604. Iunij 8. A petition, in verse, for an act against slander, and particularly against those directed at himself. Imprint from colophon of "A letter, nine yeeres since, written and first published" (STC 6461), of which this is a part. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. eng Dee, John, 1527-1608. eebo To the Honorable assemblie of the Commons in the present Parlament. Dee, John, 1604 2 268 1 0 0 0 0 0 37.31 D The rate of 37.31 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2000-00 Assigned for keying and markup 2001-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-01 Sampled and proofread 2002-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE HONORABLE Assemblie of the COMMONS in the present Parlament . THe Honor , due vnto you all , And reverence , to you each one , I do first yeeld most speciall ; Grant me this time , to heare my mone . NOW , ( if you will ) full well you may , Fowle sclaundrous tongues for euer tame ; And helpe the trueth , to beare some sway , In iust defence of a good Name : Halfe hundred yeeres , which hath had wrong , By false light tongues , and diuelish hate : O helpe tryde Trueth , to become strong , So God of Trueth , will blesse your State . In sundry sorts , this Sclaunder great , ( Of Coniurer ) I haue sore blamde : But wilfull , rash , and spitefull heat , Doth nothing cease , to be enflamde . Your helpe , therefore , by Wisdoms lore , And by your Powre , so great and sure , I humbly craue , that neuer more , This hellish wound , I shall endure . And so your * * An Act generall against Sclaunder , and a speciall penall Order for Iohn Dee his cas● . Act , with Honor great , All Ages will hereafter prayse : And Trueth , that sitts in Heauenly seat , Will , in like case , your Comforts rayse . Most dutifully in all humilitie at your commandement . Iohn Dee , Seruant and Mathematician to his most royall Maiestie . An. 1604. Iunij 8.
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