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Richard Rumbold Quotes

d. 1685

Richard Rumbold (1622–1685) was an English soldier and revolutionary who took part in the Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James.

Also known as: Rumbold, Richard

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He never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.

at his execution (1685)

I may say this is a deluded generation, veiled with ignorance, that tho popery and slavery be riding in upon them, do not perceive it; tho I am sure there was no man born marked of God above another, for none comes into the world with a saddle on his back, neither any booted and spurred to ride him.

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