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they_o bitter_a invective_n but_o it_o have_v be_v too_o palpable_a hypocrisy_n as_o well_o as_o a_o piece_n of_o high_a ingratitude_n for_o jesuit_n to_o have_v inveigh_v bitter_o against_o our_o modern_a presbyterian_o who_o be_v so_o zealous_o employ_v for_o several_a year_n together_o about_o jesuitical_a work_n and_o who_o have_v so_o industrious_o act_v the_o powder-traitor_n part_n that_o they_o very_o effectual_o blow_v up_o both_o king_n and_o parliament_n and_o at_o the_o isle_n of_o wight-treaty_n be_v very_o busy_a in_o destroy_v kingly_a power_n and_o in_o accomplish_v the_o design_n of_o campanella_n and_o other_o papist_n viz._n of_o change_v our_o monarchical_a government_n into_o a_o commonwealth-form_n by_o place_v all_o the_o considerable_a authority_n and_o prerogative_n which_o before_o belong_v to_o our_o king_n in_o some_o lord_n temporal_a and_o commons_o and_n very_o there_o be_v no_o great_a bar_n against_o fanaticism_n than_o the_o right_a presbyterian_a 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word_n for_o suspicion_n of_o covetousness_n or_o pride_n for_o superfluity_n in_o raiment_n either_o for_o cost_n or_o