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hatton_n walsingham_n but_o they_o be_v put_v off_o with_o the_o common_a answer_n that_o the_o minister_n be_v factious_a and_o contemner_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o author_n of_o disquietness_n and_o must_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o exercise_v their_o ministry_n without_o further_a conformity_n not_o long_o after_o 174._o ibid._n p._n 174._o these_o thing_n be_v take_v notice_n of_o in_o parliament_n and_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o commons_o pass_v some_o bill_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o nonconformist_n but_o the_o archbishop_n be_v importunate_a with_o the_o queen_n not_o to_o give_v her_o consent_n and_o so_o nothing_o be_v effect_v still_o the_o nation_n grow_v more_o and_o more_o sensible_a of_o the_o ill_a consequence_n of_o the_o bishop_n proceed_n and_o in_o the_o year_n 1587._o the_o house_n of_o commons_o present_v to_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a a_o petition_n in_o sixteen_o particular_n some_o against_o scandalous_a and_o insufficient_a 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216._o as_o be_v no_o way_n to_o the_o credit_n of_o those_o that_o deal_v so_o harsh_o with_o he_o but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o mr._n udall_n and_o divers_a other_o be_v condemn_v to_o die_v for_o write_v against_o the_o male_a government_n of_o these_o ecclesiastic_n which_o be_v now_o become_v a_o capital_a crime_n by_o one_o of_o the_o great_a stretch_v of_o law_n that_o ever_o be_v hear_v of_o in_o england_n 222._o p._n 222._o we_o now_o come_v to_o the_o reign_n of_o k._n james_n the_o first_o and_o here_o i_o think_v it_o may_v be_v seasonable_a to_o wipe_v off_o that_o dirt_n which_o t._n w._n have_v cast_v upon_o the_o vindicator_n for_o say_v that_o when_o this_o prince_n ascend_v the_o english_a throne_n the_o prelatic_a party_n dread_v lest_o the_o puritan_n shall_v have_v too_o great_a a_o share_n of_o his_o favour_n bend_v all_o their_o study_n to_o create_v prejudices_fw-la in_o he_o against_o they_o the_o citizen_n reply_v the_o ill_a opinion_n which_o the_o king_n 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