The Kings cabinet opened: or, certain packets of secret letters & papers, written with the Kings own hand, and taken in his cabinet at Nasby-Field, June 14. 1645 By victorious Sr. Thomas Fairfax; wherein many mysteries of state, tending to the justification of that cause, for which Sir Thomas Fairfax joyned battell that memorable day are clearly laid open; together, with some annotations thereupon. Published by speciall order of the Parliament·

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Edited by Henry Parker, John Sadler and Thomas May--McAlpin Catalogue, Union Theological Seminary. The first leaf is blank. With a final errata leaf. Text in several states: (1) each of the King's letters is assigned a roman numeral; (2) quire E has some letters with roman numerals (the first letter in quire E is numbered XXIII, the second letter is unnumbered, and the third letter is numbered XXIIII); (3) the letters are not numbered with roman numerals; (4) cypher codes in small arabic numbers appear frequently throughout (cf. p. 7 which has cypher numbers 15, 4, 3, 20); (5) cypher codes have been removed almost entirely (cf. p. 7 which lacks these numbers). Annotation on Thomason copy: after 'some annotations thereupon': "By Hen: Parker Esq"; "July 14th". Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.