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Neptune to the Common-wealth of England (1652): the republican Britannia and the continuity of interests
Get PDFIn the seventeenth century, John Kerrigan reminds us, “models of empire did not always turn on monarchy”. In this essay, I trace a vision of “Neptune’s empire” shared by royalists and republicans, binding English national interest to British overseas expansion. I take as my text a poem entitled “Neptune to the Common-wealth of England”, prefixed to Marchamont Nedham’s 1652 English translation of Mare Clausum (1635), John Selden’s response to Mare Liberum (1609) by Hugo Grotius. This minor work is read alongside some equally obscure and more familiar texts in order to point up the ways in which it speaks to persistent cultural and political interests. I trace the afterlife of this verse, its critical reception and its unique status as a fragment that exemplifies the crossover between colonial republic and imperial monarchy at a crucial moment in British history, a moment that, with Brexit, remains resonant
The Dvtch vsurpation, or, A brief view of the behaviours of the States-General of the United Provinces, towards the kings of Great Britain with some of their cruelties and injustices exercised upon the subjects of the English nation; as also, a discovery of what arts they have used to arrive at their late grandeur, &c. / by William De Britaine.
No full textA sober enquiry, whether it be lawful for subjects without royal authority to take up arms in defence of the Protestant religion, to prevent popery
No full textThe interest of England in the present war with Holland by the author of The Dutch usurpation.
No full textHumane prudence, or, The art by which a man may raise himself and fortune to grandeur by A.B.
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Menschliche Klugheit, Oder Die Kunst, Wodurch ein Mensch Sich und sein GlĂĽck hoch empor bringen kan : Aus dem Englischen ĂĽbersetzet
No full text[William De Britaine]Titelbl. in Rot- und Schwarzdr.Autopsie nach Ex. der SBB und der ULB Sachsen-AnhaltVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Wjttenberg, Verlegts Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, 1724
Menschliche Klugheit, Oder Die Kunst, Wodurch ein Mensch Sich und sein GlĂĽck hoch empor bringen kan : Aus dem Englischen ĂĽbersetzet
No full text[W. DeBritaine]Fingerprint nach Ex. der HAAB Weimar und der ULB Sachsen-AnhaltVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Wittenberg, Gedruckt bey Ephraim Gottlob Eichsfelden, Universitäts-Buchdrucker. 1746
The Dvtch vsurpation: or, A brief vievv of the behaviour of the States-General of the United Provinces, towards the kings of Great Britain: with some of their cruelties and injustices excercised upon the subjects of the English nation.
No full text[H]uman prudence; or, The art by which a man may raise himself and fortune to grandeur [electronic resource].
No full textDedication signed: W. de Britaine.Verify conts. of final leavesElectronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland
