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Lloyd of Saint Asaph about the same time told Henry Wharton that the Bishops purposed to adopt an entirely new policy towards the Protestant Dissenters; "Omni modo curaturos ut ecelesia sordibus et corruptelis penitus exueretur; ut sectariis reformatis reditus in ecclesiae sinum exoptati occasio ac ratio concederetur, si qui sobrii et pii essent; ut pertinacibus interim jugum le aretur, extinctis penitus legibus mulciatoriis."-- Excerpta ex Vita H.Wharton.] [Footnote 412: This change in the opinion of a section of the Tory party is well illustrated by a little tract published at the beginning of 1689, and entitled "A Dialogue between Two Friends, wherein the Church of England is vindicated in joining with the Prince of Orange."] [Footnote 413: "Aut nunc, aut nunquam."-- Witsen MS.
quoted by Wagenaar, book lx.] [Footnote 414: Burnet, i.
763.] [Footnote 415: Sidney's Diary and Correspondence, edited by Mr. Blencowe; Mackay's Memoirs with Swift's note; Burnet, i.
763.] [Footnote 416: Burnet, i.
764.; Letter in cipher to William, dated June 18.
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