[ 161 " in his Defence againft Cdrtwright; " they fpit in their Faces, reviled them cc as they went along, and !hewedfisch `` like rude Behaviour. ( The Reader is defired to remark what follows ) " Becaufe they took them for P.ap lls " in Difguife, for Timefervers and " half faced Protefants, that would `` be content with the Return of that " Religion, whole Badge they wore." This Reafon of their Conduó Mr. N. afferts to be taken out of Strype Vol. I. Pag. 460, and marks it as a Quotation from thence in both the Editions of his Book ; whereas in Truth 'twas the Pro- dud of his own Invention. In order to vindicate thofe unprovok'd Infults and Violences the conforming Clergy met with from the Puritans, Mr. N. him- felfgives thefe Reafons to juftify their tumultuous Proceedings. The Clergy of the Church of England, many of whom had been Exiles and Sufferers for the Proteflant Religion, were Papifls in 2Difguife, Dimefervers, " and half-faced Proteflants, &e. whereas in Strype it Rand thus, " theyvol.r.p.46o. " fpit in their Faces, reviled them in cc the Streets, and lhew'd fuch like rude " Behaviour towards them, and that only becaufe oftheir Apparel." This, and no more, is to be found in Mr. M Strype,
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