protestation

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The "Protestation" accepted by the City, May, 1641.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)

He concluded his Letter with Assurances of his Friendship, and a Protestation that he would do what he could to serve me.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Bitter opposition to his efforts led to his secession from the Church, after tabling this "Protestation, Declinature and Appeal."

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James

She kneeles, and makes shew of Protestation vnto him.

From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William

Apparently his views changed as the revolutionary tendency of the Presbyterian party became more pronounced, for in 1648/9 he addressed to Lord Fairfax A Religious and Loyal Protestation ... against the proceedings of the parliament.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various