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be_v desire_v to_o pardon_v those_o few_o fault_n that_o have_v escape_v the_o press_n by_o reason_n the_o author_n have_v not_o the_o revise_v of_o the_o sheet_n pag._n 198._o pag._n 96._o pag._n 98._o pag._n 4._o pag._n 107._o pag._n 206._o conq._n of_o granada_n pag._n 140._o pag._n 110._o pag._n 111._o pag._n 143._o pag._n 143._o pag._n 276._o pag._n 200._o pag._n 252._o of_o j._n o._n pag._n 113._o pag._n 118._o pag._n 117._o ibid._n pag._n 322._o def._n pag._n 335._o truth_n and_o innoc._n vindic_n pag._n 104._o pag._n 76._o pag._n 119._o pag_n pag._n 119._o pag._n 123._o pag._n 254._o pag._n 295._o pag._n 296._o pag._n 240._o pag._n 124._o pag._n 151._o pag._n 151._o pag._n 128._o pag._n 130._o ibid._n pag._n 131._o pag._n 132._o pag._n 218._o ibid._n pag._n 30._o pag._n 247._o pag._n 160._o pag._n 184._o pag._n 50._o pag._n 133._o pag._n 193._o pag._n 251._o pag._n 244._o pag._n 34._o pag._n 232._o pag._n 230._o pag._n 164._o pag._n 219._o pag._n 251._o pag._n 120._o expos._n on_o 130._o psal._n pag._n 275._o pag._n 198._o pag._n 197._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 309._o pag._n 43._o pag._n 29._o pag._n 27._o pag._n 281._o pag._n 166._o pag._n 320._o pag._n 278._o pag._n 264._o pag._n 144._o vid._n vit_fw-mi joan._n calvini_n vid._n epist._n calv._n pag._n 122._o pag_n 277_o 8_o 9_o 10._o pag._n 277._o pag._n 218._o pag._n 218._o areo_fw-la pag_n pag._n 4._o pag._n 212_o ibid._n pag._n 2â—3_n pag._n 210._o pag._n 218._o pag._n 231._o pag._n 301._o pag._n 230._o pag._n 148._o ibid._n pag._n 230._o ibid._n pag._n 243._o pag._n 248._o pag._n 214._o pag._n 320._o pag._n 321._o pag._n 191._o pag._n 279._o pag._n 263._o pag._n 158._o pag._n 159._o pag._n 103._o pag._n 139._o pag._n 47._o pag._n 156._o pag._n 66._o pag._n 61._o pag._n 163._o pag._n 70._o pag._n 185._o pag._n 28._o pag._n 215._o pag._n 143._o pag._n 209._o pag._n 146._o pag._n 1._o pag._n 2._o pag._n 11._o pag._n 267._o pag._n 49._o pag._n 59_o pag._n 71._o pag._n 51_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 55._o pag._n 〈◊〉_d pag._n 42_o 3._o pag._n 44._o ibid._n pag._n 266._o pag._n 261._o pag._n 104._o pag._n 264._o pag._n 265._o pag._n 316._o pag._n 307._o pag._n 7._o pag._n 170_o 71._o pag._n 268._o pag._n 282._o pag._n 95._o ibid._n pag._n 300._o pag._n 243_o pag._n 301._o pag._n 301_o pag._n 301._o pag._n 76._o pag._n 162._o pag._n 105._o pag._n 252._o pag._n 237._o pag._n 238_o 9_o 40._o pag._n 270._o pag._n 219._o pag._n 275._o the_o life_n of_o a._n b._n laud._n pag._n 495._o pag._n 302._o pag._n 301._o declar._n march_v 10._o 1623._o ibid._n ibid._n rusworth_n collect._n p._n 418._o pag._n 297._o mr._n rous_n his_o speech_n in_o the_o parliam_fw-la 1628._o â—_o rush._n collect._n pag._n 646._o pag._n 297._o pag._n 303._o buch._n hist._n scot._n l._n 19_o large_a declare_v concern_v the_o tumult_n in_o scotland_n print_v 1629._o ibid._n ibid_fw-la pag._n 54._o pag._n 280._o instit._fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 20._o §._o 24._o sect._n 31._o pag._n 75._o survey_v p._n 296._o pag._n 251._o pag._n 280._o pag._n 251._o pag._n 251._o pag._n 252._o pag._n 252._o pag._n 252._o pag._n 275._o pag._n 250._o pag._n 246._o pag._n 303._o pag._n 304._o pag._n 253._o pag._n 282._o pag._n 240._o pag._n 305._o pag._n 240._o pag._n 310_o pag._n 275._o pag._n 275._o pag._n 306._o pag._n 275._o sect._n 5._o sect._n 6._o pag._n 306._o pag._n 306._o pag._n 282_o pag._n 11._o pag._n 239._o pag._n 241._o pag._n 249._o pag._n 299._o pag._n 310_o pag._n 277._o pag._n 237._o pag._n 294._o pag._n 13._o pag._n 43._o pag._n 46._o pag._n 81._o pag._n 123._o pag._n 148._o pag._n 219._o pag._n 218._o pag._n 230._o pag._n 252._o pag._n 268._o pag._n 279._o pag._n 297._o pag._n 307._o pag._n ult_n pag._n 280._o pag._n 139._o pag._n 242._o pag._n 250._o pag._n 250._o pag._n 278._o pag._n 318._o pag._n 264._o pag._n 244._o pag._n 241._o pag._n 244_o pag._n 244_o pag._n 244._o pag._n 244._o pag._n 245._o pag._n 245._o bucan_n loc_n commun_n pag._n 88_o pag._n 243._o pag._n 246._o pag._n 87._o pag._n 249._o pag._n 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