An act declaring and constituting the people of England to be a commonwealth and free-state.

Abstract

Steele notation: and be or. Also issued as part of a through-paged folio set with a table for the entire set added and as part of "An act prohibiting the proclaiming of any person to be King" London, printed by John Field for Edward Husband, 1649. Ornament at head; initial letter; text in black letter. Order to print dated 19 May 1649. Reproductions of the originals in the British Library (Thomason Tracts) and the Harvard University Library (Early English books).