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A43681 The spirit of popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical-Protestants, or, The last speeches of Mr. John Kid and Mr. John King, two Presbyterian ministers, who were executed for high-treason and rebellion at Edinburgh, August the 14th, 1679 with animadversions, and the history of the Archbishop of St. Andrews his murder, extracted out of the registers of the Privy-Council, &c. / by an orthodox Protestant. Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Kid, John, d. 1679.; King, John, d. 1679. 1680 (1680) Wing H1874; ESTC R6348 165,592 93

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