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protestant_n in_o ireland_n but_o a_o great_a confirmation_n of_o what_o dr._n oat_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o witness_n have_v say_v as_o to_o the_o plot_n here_o so_o that_o now_o no_o man_n can_v have_v any_o excuse_v for_o not_o believe_v it_o but_o such_o as_o be_v mislead_v by_o other_o who_o know_v it_o too_o well_o because_o they_o be_v in_o it_o i_o can_v but_o observe_v what_o a_o coherence_n and_o agreement_n there_o be_v in_o the_o carry_v on_o the_o two_o plot_n collection_n p._n 230._o in_o seventy_o five_o and_o seventy_o six_o all_o the_o clergy_n in_o ireland_n say_v plot_n as_o fitzgerard_n depose_v that_o the_o duke_n of_o york_n shall_v be_v king_n in_o 1678._o etc._n etc._n and_o do_v it_o not_o appear_v by_o the_o witness_n here_o that_o they_o intend_v about_o that_o time_n to_o cutoff_a the_o king_n massacre_n most_o of_o the_o protestant_n and_o to_o conquer_v other_o etc._n etc._n and_o do_v not_o this_o agree_v not_o only_o with_o dr_n otes'es_n 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