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doctrine_n to_o their_o own_o sex_n in_o england_n i._n e._n to_o alienate_v their_o heart_n from_o their_o sovereign_n if_o he_o be_v not_o of_o their_o religion_n or_o will_v not_o at_o least_o connive_v at_o it_o to_o engage_v they_o in_o plot_n conspiracy_n and_o treason_n for_o the_o destroy_a heretical_a i._n e._n protestant_n king_n and_o heresy_n that_o be_v protestantism_n that_o they_o do_v or_o shall_v defend_v this_o project_n take_v so_o as_o any_o thing_n do_v that_o tend_v to_o promote_a mother_n church_n that_o in_o a_o short_a time_n this_o mrs._n ward_n by_o the_o pope_n indulgence_n who_o will_v indulge_v any_o thing_n that_o tend_v to_o destroy_v what_o he_o call_v heresy_n become_v the_o mother_n general_n of_o no_o less_o than_o two_o hundred_o english_a damsel_n of_o good_a birth_n and_o quality_n who_o she_o send_v abroad_o to_o preach_v this_o story_n and_o many_o other_o jesuitical_a exploit_n be_v more_o particular_o relate_v in_o wadsworths_n spanish_a 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