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order_v tyrconnel_n request_n or_o demand_v rather_o to_o be_v grant_v thus_o say_v sir_n theobald_n many_o particular_n of_o the_o like_a insolence_n of_o these_o irish_a to_o k._n james_n may_v be_v show_v but_o i_o will_v not_o detain_v the_o reader_n what_o i_o have_v say_v be_v abundant_o sufficient_a to_o show_v how_o far_o it_o be_v from_o his_o own_o inclination_n either_o to_o suffer_v or_o do_v such_o thing_n as_o be_v thus_o violent_o put_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o irish_a in_o his_o extremity_n yet_o nothing_o of_o all_o this_o it_o seem_v have_v weigh_v any_o thing_n with_o these_o irish_a protestant_n at_o least_o with_o this_o author_n to_o have_v any_o mild_a thought_n of_o k._n j._n or_o to_o confess_v to_o the_o world_n what_o they_o very_o well_o know_v viz._n that_o king_n james_n oppose_v the_o pass_v of_o the_o act_n of_o attainder_n and_o repeal_v of_o the_o act_n of_o settlement_n all_o that_o he_o can_v and_o make_v use_v of_o the_o protestant_n who_o now_o 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