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A67437 The history & vindication of the loyal formulary, or Irish remonstrance ... received by His Majesty anno 1661 ... in several treatises : with a true account and full discussion of the delusory Irish remonstrance and other papers framed and insisted on by the National Congregation at Dublin, anno 1666, and presented to ... the Duke of Ormond, but rejected by His Grace : to which are added three appendixes, whereof the last contains the Marquess of Ormond ... letter of the second of December, 1650 : in answer to both the declaration and excommunication of the bishops, &c. at Jamestown / the author, Father Peter Walsh ... Walsh, Peter, 1618?-1688.; Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688. Articles of peace.; Rothe, David, 1573-1650. Queries concerning the lawfulnesse of the present cessation. 1673 (1673) Wing W634; ESTC R13539 1,444,938 1,122

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nu_fw-la 6._o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la tantùm_fw-la damnandi_fw-la quòd_fw-la confirmationem_fw-la electi_fw-la in_o romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la sibi_fw-la vindicarent_fw-la imò_fw-la add_v ita_fw-la vindicarent_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la electione_n &_o confirmatione_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la etiam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la vellent_fw-la acccipere_fw-la but_o let_v we_o here_o this_o learned_a annalist_n make_v a_o little_o further_a progress_n ibid._n tom_n 8._o a_o 593._o n._n 18._o quibus_fw-la imprimis_fw-la say_v he_o vides_fw-la sanctum_fw-la gregorium_fw-la definire_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la subditam_fw-la regibus_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la firmiter_fw-la asseverare_fw-la non_fw-la habendum_fw-la esse_fw-la mauritium_n inter_fw-la imperatores_fw-la dum_fw-la adversus_fw-la dei_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la regiam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la exercet_fw-la what_o do_v you_o say_v baronius_n be_v this_o indeed_o your_o candour_n will_v 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not_o to_o be_v hope_v that_o we_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n considerable_a against_o the_o rebel_n and_o we_o desire_v they_o if_o they_o have_v a_o mistrust_n of_o we_o or_o dislike_v of_o our_o government_n that_o they_o will_v clear_o let_v we_o know_v it_o tell_v they_o that_o such_o be_v our_o desire_n of_o the_o people_n preservation_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o within_o our_o power_n consistent_a with_o our_o duty_n to_o the_o king_n and_o suitable_a to_o our_o honour_n that_o we_o will_v not_o do_v at_o their_o desire_n for_o that_o end_n withal_o let_v they_o see_v that_o our_o continuance_n with_o the_o name_n and_o not_o the_o power_n of_o lord_n lieutenant_n can_v bring_v nothing_o but_o ruin_n upon_o the_o nation_n and_o dishonour_n upon_o we_o so_o that_o in_o effect_n we_o propound_v either_o that_o they_o will_v procure_v we_o due_a obedience_n or_o propose_v some_o other_o way_n by_o our_o quit_v the_o kingdom_n how_o it_o may_v be_v preserve_v in_o answer_v 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