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A63078
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A poem occasioned by the late discontents & disturbances in the state with reflections upon the rise and progress of priest-craft / written by N. Tate.
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Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
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1691
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Wing T206; ESTC R28193
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a_o poem_n occasion_v by_o the_o late_a discontent_n &_o disturbance_n in_o the_o state_n with_o reflection_n upon_o the_o rise_n and_o progress_n of_o priest-craft_n write_a by_o n._n tate_n liberius_n si_fw-la dixero_fw-la quid_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr jocosius_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la juris_fw-la cum_fw-la venia_fw-la dabis_fw-la hor._n vincit_fw-la amor_fw-la patriae_fw-la virg._n london_n print_v for_o richard_n baldwin_n near_o the_o oxford-arm_n in_o warwick-lane_n mdcxci_o preface_n i_o can_v hearty_o have_v wish_v there_o have_v be_v no_o occasion_n offer_v or_o subject-matter_n for_o a_o essay_n of_o this_o kind_n after_o so_o happy_a and_o wonderful_a a_o revolution_n as_o we_o have_v see_v when_o our_o hope_n be_v grow_v desperate_a and_o our_o liberty_n reduce_v to_o its_o very_a last_o gasp_n to_o have_v the_o only_a remedy_n in_o nature_n so_o effectual_o apply_v so_o miraculous_a a_o recovery_n perform_v after_o all_o this_o to_o find_v englishman_n and_o such_o as_o pretend_v to_o no_o other_o interest_n or_o religion_n but_o that_o of_o their_o country_n to_o find_v they_o express_v dissatisfaction_n everywhere_o busy_a in_o sow_v dissension_n obstruct_v as_o far_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v the_o progress_n of_o affair_n and_o unh_v the_o present_a settlement_n upon_o which_o alone_o depend_v the_o safety_n of_o these_o nation_n and_o common_a quiet_a of_o europe_n this_o be_v so_o just_a a_o cause_n of_o indignation_n as_o must_v make_v every_o lover_n of_o his_o country_n to_o turn_v satirist_n or_o at_o least_o excuse_v the_o honest_a zeal_n of_o such_o as_o upon_o this_o occasion_n express_v their_o resentment_n to_o be_v unconcern_v for_o a_o man_n country_n be_v the_o worst_a want_n of_o natural_a affection_n a_o crime_n repute_v so_o heinous_a among_o the_o more_o generous_a heathen_n that_o it_o divest_v the_o indulgent_a brutus_n of_o all_o compassion_n on_o his_o son_n who_o he_o submit_v to_o the_o extremity_n of_o punishment_n for_o 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