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A44221
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The character of King Charles I from the declaration of Mr. Alexander Henderson ... upon his death-bed : with a further defence of the King's holy book : to which is annex'd some short remarks upon a vile book, call'd Ludlow no lyar : with a defence of the King from the Irish Rebellion / by Rich. Hollingworth.
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Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701.
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1692
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occubuerunt_fw-la idem_fw-la a_o dom_n 1524._o or_o most_o of_o all_o both_o in_o manner_n and_o subject_n resemble_v that_o of_o john_n of_o leydon_n munser_fw-fr and_o knoperdul_a idem_fw-la a_o 1534._o which_o take_v its_o rise_n from_o the_o former_a so_o many_o different_a sect_n spring_v up_o daily_o more_o and_o more_o among_o they_o which_o all_o like_a ephraim_n and_o manasses_n herod_n and_o pilate_n conspire_v against_o the_o lord's-anoynted_n and_o the_o true_a protestant_a religion_n the_o city_n of_o london_n that_o be_v so_o forward_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o glorious_a reformation_n surpass_v now_o amsterdam_n in_o number_n of_o sect_n and_o may_v be_v compare_v to_o old_a rome_n quae_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pene_fw-la gentibus_fw-la dommaretur_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la erroribus_fw-la serviebat_fw-la &_o magnam_fw-la sibi_fw-la videbatur_fw-la assumpsisse_fw-la religionem_fw-la quia_fw-la nullam_fw-la respuebat_fw-la falsitatem_fw-la leo_fw-la in_o serm._n de_fw-fr petro_n &_o