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The tenure of kings and magistrates: : proving, that it is lawfull, and hath been held so through all ages, for any, who have the power, to call to account a tyrant, or wicked king, and after due conviction, to depose, and put him to death; if the ordinary magistrate have neglected, or deny'd to doe it. And that they, who of late, so much blame deposing, are the men that did it themselves. The author, J.M

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1649.
Call number: 46434
Creator: Milton, John (1608-1674)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 4to
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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