The Tryal of Edward Coleman Gent for Conspiring the Death of the King.
A Victim of The Popish Plot [Trial]. [Popish Plot]. Coleman, Edward, Defendant [1636-1678]. The Tryal of Edward Coleman, Gent. For Conspiring the Death of the King, And the Subversion of the Government of England, And the Protestant Religion: Who upon Full Evidence was Found Guilty of High Treason, And Received Sentence Accordingly, On Thursday November the 28th 1678. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1678. [iv], 1-32, 37-44, 41-80, 89-104 pp. Pagination irregular, text complete. Folio (11" x 6-3/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards by Philip Dusel, raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. Light toning to interior, a few faint spots to imprimatur leaf and title page, corner of first leaf lacking, loss to page numbers and catchwords in a few places due to trimming. $450. * Only edition. One of the cruelest hoaxes in British history, and one that led to a wave of anti-Catholic violence, the Popish Plot was the invention of Titus Oates, an Anglican clergyman, and his friend, Dr. Israel Tonge, a cleric and passionate anti-Catholic. They pretended to have discovered a Jesuit plot to assassinate the King, massacre Protestants, and set James, Duke of York, the King's Catholic brother, on the throne. Colman, a known Catholic, was close to James, which marked him for denunciation by Oates. Despite his innocence, he was hanged, drawn and quartered. He became a Catholic martyr, beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929. English Short-Title Catalogue R4486.
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