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stool_n aim_v to_o be_v throw_v at_o he_o have_v kill_v 23._o kill_v the_o king_n laâ—ge_n declaration_n pag._n 23._o if_o not_o divert_v by_o one_o present_a so_o that_o the_o same_o book_n have_v occasion_v his_o death_n and_o prescribe_v the_o form_n of_o his_o burial_n and_o this_o hubbub_n be_v hardly_o suppress_v by_o the_o lord_n provost_n and_o bailiff_n of_o edinburgh_n 105._o this_o first_o tumult_n be_v cause_v by_o such_o cause_n more_o considerable_a person_n engage_v in_o the_o cause_n who_o i_o find_v call_v the_o scum_n of_o the_o city_n considerable_a for_o nothing_o but_o their_o number_n but_o few_o day_n after_o the_o cream_n of_o the_o nation_n some_o of_o the_o high_a and_o best_a quality_n therein_o engage_v in_o the_o same_o cause_n cry_v out_o god_n defend_v all_o those_o who_o will_v defend_v god_n cause_n and_o god_n confound_v 37._o confound_v the_o king_n large_a declaration_n pag._n 37._o the_o service-book_n and_o all_o the_o maintainer_n of_o it_o 106._o 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