Defensio legis, or, The Whole state of England inquisited and defended for general satisfaction.

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Defensio legis, or, The Whole state of England inquisited and defended for general satisfaction.
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London :: Printed by Andrew Clark and are to be sold by William Cooper ...,
MDCLXXIV [1674]
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Subject terms
Church and state -- England.
Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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"Defensio legis, or, The Whole state of England inquisited and defended for general satisfaction." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A37415.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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Par. 39. Shufflers and Sharks deserve Prisons.

FOR the deboyst spender, with meer Rooks, that riotously Disable them∣selves: or those that Conceal their Estates, and out of sharking Corrupt Prin∣ciples, will not satisfie: 'Tis no matter if their Bodies suffer, and be Expos'd to shame; as spectacles of wickedness.

Better set them at large to work: then keep them as sots.

'Tis Conceiv'd more Advantagious for the Common Good; they were Employ'd,

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either at Home or elsewhere: under an Assurance of such services duly Per∣form'd; of an Enlargement: which would create in them a future Honesty, in ma∣king them wary; how they inwrap'd themselves, in the like Bondage.

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