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A43531 Examen historicum, or, A discovery and examination of the mistakes, falsities and defects in some modern histories occasioned by the partiality and inadvertencies of their severall authours / by Peter Heylin ... Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. 1659 (1659) Wing H1706; ESTC R4195 346,443 588

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〈…〉_z brevewoods_n ●nq_fw-fr cap_n 13._o camden_n in_o monmouthsh_n hist._n of_o st_n george_n l._n 3._o cap._n 3_o 8._o stow_z in_o hen._n 5._o hist._n lib._n 4._o camd●n_n in_o r●dnor_n 624_o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 〈◊〉_d h._n 8._o c._n 26._o vossig_n de_fw-fr lat._n hist._n camd._n in_o hun._n fol._n 267._o ovid._n met._n lib._n 2._o history_n of_o flo●ence_n camden_n annal_n an._n 1586._o acta_fw-la convocation●s_fw-la 1530._o hollinshead_n in_o henry_n 8._o pref_o to_o the_o directory_n hollinsh_fw-mi pag._n 129._o stow_z in_o h._n 8._o pag._n 562._o defence_n of_o the_o apolog._n stat._n 25_o h_n 8._o c._n 19_o stow_z in_o hen._n 8._o fol_n 573._o id._n fol._n 5●4_n camden_n in_o lincolnshire_n fol_n 535._o camd._n ●n_n midlesex_n fol_n 4●9_n hist._n edward_n 6._o p●g_n 353._o 1_o e●_n 6._o c._n 1._o act_n and_o mon._n pag._n 658._o rost●l●_n abrid_n ●f_n 423._o arist._n pol._n l._n 7_o cap._n 16._o antiquit._fw-la b●itan_n calais_n tacit._n h●●st_n l_o 1._o tacit._n hi●t_n l._n 1._o hist._n of_o q._n mary_n s._n 25._o s●ow_v su●ve●_n of_o lond._n p._n 623._o s●ow●_n an._n fol._n 617._o archbishop_n speech_n p._n 71._o lib._n 8_o fol_n 35._o 13_o el._n ●_o 12._o 13._o eliz._n c._n 20._o co●fer_v p._n 80._o 29_o eliz._n c._n 2._o appell_n caesaram_fw-la cap._n 7._o pag._n 69._o co●●es_v belg._n art_n 31._o consil._n red●undi_fw-la history_n of_o k._n c._n fol._n 143._o fol._n 131._o f●l_n 143._o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z ibid_fw-la p._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d table_n ●_o 4_o ●_o 68_o 68_o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z collection_n of_o speech_n p_o 5._o hist_o of_o k._n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z whether_o ceremony_n use_v at_o his_o bring_n into_o the_o court_n and_o his_o thrust_v out_o of_o it_o minut._n f●el_n collection_n of_o spe●●●es_n p_o 26._o 〈◊〉_d p._n 2d_o canon_n 7._o 1640._o church_n hist._n fol_n 180._o hist_o k_o charles_n fol._n 208._o camd._n rem_fw-la pag._n 286._o r●g_v in_o praef._n to_o the_o artic._n minut._n fael_n annal_n eliz._n treaty_n at_o vxb●idge_n p._n 31._o artic._n 13._o hist._n of_o cam_n fol._n 168._o hist_o of_o king_n char._n ●ol_n 21._o 21._o animo_fw-la adversus_fw-la libidinem_fw-la ●aeco_fw-la apol._n c._n 21._o camd._n rem_fw-la hist._n of_o king_n ch._n fol._n 151._o tacit._n hist._n l._n ●_o 〈◊〉_d hist._n l._n 2._o superstition_n cha●ged_v on_o dr._n cousin_n cruel_a usage_n of_o mr._n smart_n dr._n cousin_n praise_n buch._n l._n 5_o sm●●ym_n p._n 16._o hist_o of_o scotland_n fol._n 4._o camden_n brit._n l._n 510._o camden_n in_o scot._n fol._n 42._o augustin_n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la hist._n of_o the_o church_n of_o scor._n ●_o 41●_n etc._n etc._n ●_z collect._n pag._n 139._o 139._o p._n 17_o 17_o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n p._n 18._o 18._o p._n 5._o 5._o ibid_fw-la ibid_fw-la p._n 6._o 6._o p._n 7._o 7._o ibid._n p_o 29._o p._n 6._o 6._o p._n 12._o 12._o p._n 13._o 13._o p._n 18._o 18._o p._n 18._o 18._o p._n 19_o 19_o p._n 5._o