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I would desire that every man would lay his hand on his heart, and consider seriously whether the beginning of the people's happiness should be written in letters of blood.

— Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

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Divide not between Protestant and Papist. Divide not nationally, betwixt English and Irish. The King makes no distinction betwixt you.

A Prince that loseth the Force and Example of his Punishments, loseth withal the greatest Part of his Dominion.

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