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Exact and True Narrative of the late popish intrigue.

  MANSELL, Roderick 1679 Folio. ESTC R20941 This book focuses on one Thomas Dangerfield, who, like Oates, concocted a tale of a nonexistent plot. In Dangerfield’s case, it was a transparently false claim of a Presbyterian plot to kill the king. When his tale was exposed as a falsehood, he alleged that the Catholics had […]

Seven sermons preached upon severall occasions.

  LAUD, William. 1651 Duodecimo. ESTC R202684 Despite hundreds of biblical references, these sermons are more political than religious. They were mostly preached in the presence of the king (Charles I) and the central theme is the the Divine Right of the monarch. Private collection.

Narrative of Robert Jenison.

  JENISON, Robert. 1679 Folio. ESTC R11080 One of several accounts purporting to support Oates’s claim of a Catholic plot to assassinate King Charles II and bring his Catholic brother to the throne. Popish Plot Private collection.