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A vindication of the English Catholiks from the pretended conspiracy against the life, and government of His Sacred Maiesty discovering the cheif lyes & contradictions contained in the narratiue of Titus Oates. The 2. edition with some additions: & an answer to two pamplets printed in defence of the narrative. Jtem a relation of some of Bedlows pranks in Spain, & Oate's letter concerning him.
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Warner, John, 1628-1692.
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Wing W912C; ESTC R229731
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credant_fw-la mendacio_fw-la ut_fw-la iudicentur_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la veritati_fw-la sed_fw-la consenserunt_fw-la iniquitati_fw-la because_o they_o receive_v not_o the_o love_n of_o truth_n that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v therefore_o god_n shall_v abandon_v they_o to_o the_o work_v of_o error_n illusion_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v believe_v a_o lie_n that_o all_o may_v be_v judge_v damn_v who_o will_v not_o believe_v the_o truth_n brt_v consent_v to_o this_o unjustice_n 2._o thessaly_n 2.10.11_o narrat_fw-la p._n 62._o titus_n oat_n clerk_n make_v oath_n that_o the_o information_n set_v down_o in_o these_o paper_n contain_v 81._o article_n all_o write_v &_o subscribe_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n be_v true_a in_o the_o whole_a &_o in_o every_o particular_a thereof_o 7._o september_n titus_n oat_n obseru_n here_o be_v a_o perjury_n not_o unlike_a to_o hobs_n leviathan_n for_o he_o represent_v this_o as_o one_o body_n compose_v of_o many_o thousand_o of_o 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