A defiance to tyrants. Or, The araignment of two illegall committees. viz. The close committee of Lords and Commons appointed to examine the London agents. And the committee of plundered ministers. In two pleas made by L.C. Lilbvrne prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London. Wherein is clearely declared the unjustness, arbitrariness, and absolute unlawfulness of the late proceedings of that close committee of Lords and Commons against the said London agents. And also, proving all the proceedings of the committee of plundered ministers in summoning and imprisoning severall citizens of London, for refusing to pay tythes, to bee an absolute subversion of the fundamentall lawes of the land, and treason of as high a nature as any the Earle of Strafford lost his head for; they making their will a law unto the kingdome; there being no law at all in the Kingdome, whereby the London-Priests can claime tythes, or recover them from any of their parishoners
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A defiance to tyrants. Or, The araignment of two illegall committees. viz. The close committee of Lords and Commons appointed to examine the London agents. And the committee of plundered ministers. In two pleas made by L.C. Lilbvrne prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London. Wherein is clearely declared the unjustness, arbitrariness, and absolute unlawfulness of the late proceedings of that close committee of Lords and Commons against the said London agents. And also, proving all the proceedings of the committee of plundered ministers in summoning and imprisoning severall citizens of London, for refusing to pay tythes, to bee an absolute subversion of the fundamentall lawes of the land, and treason of as high a nature as any the Earle of Strafford lost his head for; they making their will a law unto the kingdome; there being no law at all in the Kingdome, whereby the London-Priests can claime tythes, or recover them from any of their parishoners
（Letter to a friend & other 46 items concerning Lilburne / John Lilburne）
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for the information of all men, that are not willing to be Priests ridden and to the slaves to Tyrannie and oppression, Jan. 1648
Annotations on Thomason copy: "28" before 6 Jan. 1648 in imprint date; the 8 in imprint date crossed out and "1647" written in
Reproduction of the original in the British Library
References: Wing (2nd ed.) L2099
References: Thomason E.520[30]