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Stuarts it was their Duty to pay them, to rebel against, dethrone & imprison the un--fortunate Mary; to oppose, to deceive, andto sell the no leſs unfortunate Charles.The Events of this Monarch's reign are too numerous for my pen, and indeedthe recital of any Events (except what Imake myself) is uninterestingtedious to me; my prin--cipal reason for undertaking the History of England being to prove the innocence of the Queen of Scotland, which I flatter my--self with having effectually done, andto abuse Elizabeth, tho'though I am rather fearful of having fallen short in the latter partof my Scheme. . As therefore it is not

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