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Peyton's 'The Divine Catastrophe of the Kingly Family of ... the Stuarts'

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  • Peyton, Edward, Sir, 1588?-1657.
    The divine catastrophe of the kingly family of the house of Stuarts: or, A short history of the rise, reign, and ruine thereof. Wherein the most secret and chamber-abominations of the two last kings are discovered, divine justice in King Charles his overthrow vindicated, and the Parliaments proceedings against him clearly justified, by Sir Edward Peyton, Knight and Baronet, a diligent observer of those times.
    London : printed for Giles Calvert, at the black Spread-Eagle at the west-end of Pauls, 1652.
    [8], 149, [3] p. ; 8⁰.
    The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. Most running titles read: The rise, reign, and ruine of the House of Stuarts. Annotation on Thomason copy: “Aprill 24.”.
    Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P1952. Thomason, E.1291[1]

    Bound with: Weldon ‘The court and character of King James. 1649
    ( http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/8262.php#discussion )
    The two works as as single volume, now PL 62.

    No reprint of Payton till 1731

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References in the diary

1665
Feb: 10