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Page 122 - An Act for [the] Uniformity of Common Prayer and Service in the Church and Administration of the Sacraments...
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Page 29 - ... royal rights of our gracious king Charles, for our gracious queen so unworthily abused by the puritans, for the honour, safety and health of their royal issue, for to avert and refrain the injuries done unto them, for the conversion of the just, and lawful safeguard, liberties and rights of Ireland ; and lastly, for the defence of their own lives, fortunes, lands and possessions : whereas...
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Page 29 - ... shall take this oath, and perform the contents thereof ; and that I will obey and ratify all the orders and decrees made and to be made by the Supreme Council of the Confederate Catholics of this kingdom, concerning the said public cause ; and...
Page 116 - England, with this advantage, that we shall esteem ourself the more obliged to you for your gallantry in not standing upon such nice terms to do us service, which we shall, God willing, reward. And although you exceed what law can warrant, or any powers of ours reach unto, as not knowing what you have need of, yet it being for our service, we oblige ourself, not only to give you our pardon, but to maintain the same with all our might and power...
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| Title | The Confederation of Kilkenny Volume 14 of Duffy's library of Ireland |
| Author | Charles Patrick Meehan |
| Publisher | J. Duffy, 1846 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Oct 11, 2006 |
| Length | 234 pages |
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