the_o examiner_n examine_v be_v a_o vindication_n of_o the_o history_n of_o liturgy_n by_o t._n c._n d._n d._n london_n print_v for_o robert_n clavell_n at_o the_o peacock_n at_o the_o west-end_n of_o s._n paul_n 1691._o imprimatur_fw-la jan._n 29._o 1690_o 1._o c._n alston_n r._n p._n d._n hen._n episc_n lond._n à _fw-la sacris_fw-la the_o examiner_n examine_v chap._n i._n of_o the_o title_n and_o preface_n §_o 1._o after_o my_o second_o part_n of_o the_o history_n of_o liturgy_n have_v be_v public_a near_o six_o month_n come_v out_o a_o examination_n of_o dr._n c_n scholastical_a history_n of_o liturgy_n by_o s._n b._n which_o title_n be_v design_v to_o make_v the_o book_n look_v like_a and_o pass_v for_o a_o answer_n to_o both_o part_n which_o consist_v of_o 600_o page_n whereas_o the_o examination_n reach_v no_o further_a than_o to_o 76_o page_n of_o the_o first_o part_n and_o in_o that_o compass_n 23_o whole_a page_n and_o a_o great_a part_n of_o 10_o more_o pass_v unexamined_a 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