A History of England, 9. köideO'Shea, 1860 |
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Page 282 - Yet one grievance, and the main one as I " conceive, hath not been touched, which is, our " religion ; religion made vendible by commission, and " men for pecuniary annual rates dispensed withal, " whereby papists may, without fear of law, practise " their idolatry, scoff at parliaments, law and all.
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