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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43681	The spirit of popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical-Protestants, or, The last speeches of Mr. John Kid and Mr. John King, two Presbyterian ministers, who were executed for high-treason and rebellion at Edinburgh, August the 14th, 1679 with animadversions, and the history of the Archbishop of St. Andrews his murder, extracted out of the registers of the Privy-Council, &c. / by an orthodox Protestant.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Kid, John, d. 1679.; King, John, d. 1679.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1874; ESTC R6348	165,592	93

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minister_n or_o vagrant_a preacher_n but_o shall_v do_v our_o utmost_a endeavour_n to_o apprehend_v their_o person_n and_o in_o case_n my_o say_a tenant_n cotters_n and_o their_o foresaid_n shall_v contrave●●_n i_o shall_v take_v or_o apprehend_v any_o person_n or_o person_n guilty_a thereof_o and_o present_v they_o to_o the_o judge_n ordinar_fw-mi that_o they_o may_v be_v fine_v or_o imprison_v therefore_o as_o be_v provide_v in_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n make_v thereanent_a otherwise_o i_o shall_v remove_v they_o and_o their_o family_n from_o my_o ground_n and_o if_o i_o shall_v fail_v herein_o i_o shall_v be_v liable_a to_o such_o penalty_n as_o the_o say_a delinquent_n have_v incur_v by_o the_o law_n consent_v to_o the_o registration_n hereof_o in_o the_o book_n of_o his_o majesty_n privy-council_n or_o book_n of_o any_o other_o judge_n competent_a that_o letter_n and_o executorial_n may_v be_v direct_a hereupon_o in_o form_n as_o effeir_n and_o constitute_v my_o procurator_n 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if_o they_o have_v lease_n to_o denounce_v