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A41163 A brief account of some of the late incroachments and depredations of the Dutch upon the English and of a few of those many advantages which by fraud and violence they have made of the British nations since the revolution, and of the means enabling them thereunto. Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714. 1645 (1645) Wing F731; ESTC R38871 64,396 76

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sermon_n and_o pamphlet_n but_o ridiculous_a fiction_n and_o impudent_a slander_n as_o well_o as_o dull_a malice_n there_o will_v nothing_o be_v find_v in_o these_o sheet_n but_o weigh_v and_o measure_v truth_n though_o sometime_o a_o little_a piquant_o express_v decemb._n 20._o 1695._o errata_fw-la page_z 2_o line_n 30._o before_o other_o read_v of_o ibid._n l._n 38._o for_o sta●e_v r._n state_n p._n 4._o l._n ult_n for_o stuff_n r._n strife_n p._n 5._o l._n 25._o deal_n same_o p._n 6._o l._n 36._o for_o redress_n r._n reader_n p._n 9_o l._n 1._o r._n where_o we_o have_v for_o a_o great_a while_n be_v in_o the_o quiet_a and_o peaceable_a possession_n p._n 11._o l._n 37._o r._n plead_v p._n 12._o l._n 15._o deal_n a_o before_o servant_n p._n 13._o l._n 8._o r._n placat_n ibid._n l._n 20._o r._n rude_a ibid._n l._n ult_n for_o their_o r._n these_o p._n 14._o l._n 8._o r._n become_v ibid._n l._n 20._o for_o the_o r._n to_o p._n 15._o l._n 7._o before_o it_o r._n as_o ibid._n l._n 13._o for_o be_v r._n we_o p._n 16._o l._n 3_o 4._o r._n put_v ibid._n l._n 6._o r._n guet_n p._n 20._o l._n 21._o r._n execute_v ibid._n l._n 27._o for_o yet_o r._n yea_o p._n 22._o l._n 35._o after_o with_o r._n the_o p._n 23._o l._n 8._o r._n donative_n p._n 25._o l._n 38._o r._n bordacho_n p._n 32._o l._n 33._o before_o mischief_n r._n the_o p._n 33._o l._n 6._o before_o have_v r._n they_o ibid._n l._n 12._o two_o million_o p._n 34._o l._n 7._o after_o transport_v put_v p._n 35._o l._n 33._o for_o mark_n r._n mask_n p._n 36._o l._n 12._o r._n thither_o ibid._n l._n 19_o for_o so_o r._n for_o ibid._n l._n 20._o for_o more_o r._n be_v ibid._n l._n 33._o r._n they_o thus_o p._n 37._o l._n ult_n deal_n they_o p._n 38._o l._n 8._o after_o unto_o put_v ibid._n l._n 21._o r._n become_v p._n 43._o l._n 14._o r._n whereof_o p._n 47._o l._n 28._o r._n villainy_n p._n 48._o l._n 28._o r._n become_v ibid._n l._n 29._o r._n centre_n p._n 50._o l._n 25._o r._n officer_n ibid._n l._n 30._o r._n the_o p._n 51._o l._n 3._o r._n plebi_fw-la ibid._n l._n 11._o deal_n to_o ibid._n l._n 22._o before_o the_o r._n that_o p._n 55._o l._n 32._o r._n no._n