Cases of impotency and divorce, as debated in England, in that remarkable tryal, 1613. Between Robert Earl of Essex, and the Lady Frances Howard, who, after eight years marriage, commenc'd a suit against him for impotency. Containing I. The whole proceedings and debates on both sides. II. The report of the seven matrons appointed to search the countess. III. The intrigue between her and the Earl of Somerset, who after the divorce married her. IV. A detection of some politicks in the Court of King James the First. Written by George Abbot, D.D. lord archbishop of Canterbury. In three volumes.

  • Abbot, George, 1562-1633.
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1737
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London : Printed and sold by the booksellers in town and country, 1737.

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3v., plates ; 120.

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ESTC N65977

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