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A45672
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Nahash redivivus in a letter from the Parliament of Scotland, directed to the Honorable William Lenthal, Speaker of the House of Commons examined and answered by John Harrison.
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Harrison, John, of the Inner Temple.
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1649
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Wing H894; ESTC R9915
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conditionis_fw-la vim_fw-la habent_fw-la h._n grot._n in_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la belli_fw-la et_fw-la pacis_fw-la cap._n 15._o n._n 15._o si_fw-la vel_fw-la tantillum_fw-la ex_fw-la dictis_fw-la pars_fw-la alterutra_fw-la transgrederetur_fw-la rupta_fw-la fore_fw-la pacta_fw-la eodem_fw-la in_fw-la loco_fw-la ex_fw-la thucydide_fw-la london_n print_v for_o thomas_n brewster_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o three_o bible_n in_o creed-lane_n near_o the_o west-end_n of_o paul_n 1649._o nahash_n redivivus_fw-la in_o a_o letter_n from_o the_o parliament_n of_o scotland_n direct_v to_o the_o honourable_a william_n lenthal_n esquire_n speaker_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o although_o it_o may_v perhaps_o seem_v strange_a to_o those_o who_o have_v take_v the_o boldness_n to_o believe_v themselves_o man_n and_o in_o that_o belief_n to_o make_v use_n of_o their_o own_o reason_n and_o by_o the_o exercise_n thereof_o have_v form_v to_o themselves_o right_a apprehension_n 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