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A Seventeenth Century Prose Spars With Popery Fears
A tumultuous 1715-era protest piece denounces Papists and foreign influence, railing at religious oppression, royal succession, and the dangers to Protestant liberties. It cites bishops, Jesuits, and a French Papist threat, urging readers to defend the English throne and faith. The piece references public punishments and calls for steadfast resistance to Popery.
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