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The Augustan Reprint Society

John Evelyn An Apologie for the Royal Party (1659); and A Panegyric to Charles the Second (1661)

With an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes

Publication Number 28

Los Angeles
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
University of California
1951

GENERAL EDITORS

H. Richard Archer, Clark Memorial Library
Richard C. Boys, University of Michigan
Edward Niles Hooker, University of California, Los Angeles
John Loftis, University of California, Los Angeles

ASSISTANT EDITOR

W. Earl Britton, University of Michigan

ADVISORY EDITORS

Emmett L. Avery, State College of Washington
BENJAMIN BOYCE, Duke University
LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan
CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University
JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University
ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago
LOUIS A. LANDA, Princeton University
SAMUEL H. MONK, university Of Minnesota
ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas
JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London
H. T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles

INTRODUCTION

On October 24, 1659, a quarto pamphlet was published in London with the following title:  “The Army’s Plea for Their present Practice:  tendered to the consideration of all ingenuous and impartial men.  Printed and published by special command.  London, Printed by Henry Hills, Printer to the Army, dwelling in Aldersgate Street next door to the Peacock. 1659”.  Three days afterwards, on October 27, John Evelyn had finished writing an