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A13158 A briefe examination, of a certaine peremptorie menacing and disleal petition presented, as is pretended, to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, by certaine laye papistes, calling themselues, the lay Catholikes of England, and now lately printed, and diuulged by a busie compagnion, called Iohn Lecey Sutcliffe, Matthew, 1550?-1629. 1606 (1606) STC 23452; ESTC S117870 127,037 159

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be_v suspect_v he_o be_v a_o long_a time_n imprison_v if_o he_o be_v convict_v then_o be_v he_o to_o pass_v to_o the_o fire_n &_o his_o good_n be_v seize_v and_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n utter_o empoverish_v and_o of_o these_o cruel_a execution_n king_n and_o prince_n be_v the_o minister_n neither_o do_v the_o father_n respect_v the_o child_n nor_o the_o wife_n the_o husband_n if_o the_o pope_n do_v accurse_v he_o nay_o oftentimes_o without_o form_n of_o law_n either_o they_o cause_v such_o as_o they_o suspect_v to_o be_v empoyson_v or_o massacre_v and_o under_o this_o government_n do_v papist_n live_v be_v it_o not_o then_o strange_a that_o free_a man_n shall_v endure_v this_o slavery_n and_o that_o christian_n shall_v not_o seek_v remedy_n for_o so_o grievous_a oppression_n chap._n 14._o that_o the_o petition_n of_o papist_n for_o a_o toleration_n of_o popish_a religion_n be_v void_a of_o reason_n iohn_n lecey_n in_o his_o preface_n do_v vaunt_v that_o the_o petition_n of_o his_o consorte_n for_o