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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.

CHAPTER L
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363, 364, etc.

Franklyn, p.

181.
The ill humor of the commons, thus wantonly irritated by the court, and finding no gratification in the legal impeachment of Buckingham, sought other objects on which it might exert itself.

The never-failing cry of Popery here served them in stead.

They again claimed the execution of the penal laws against Catholics; and they presented to the king a list of persons intrusted with offices, most of them insignificant who were either convicted or suspected recusants.[*] In this particular they had, perhaps, some reason to blame the king's conduct.


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