Popish Plot
Americannoun
noun
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His objective was not merely to discredit petitioning, but to lessen belief in the Popish Plot and to launch a counterattack against the enemies of the Court.
From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger
Having been accused by Titus Oates of complicity in the Popish Plot, he was convicted of treason and executed December 29th, 1680.
From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland
You were saying e'en now, That The History of the Damnable Popish Plot was of your Writing; Answer me That Question, First; Was it so, or not?
From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger
He did what he could to aid in the persecutions connected with the Popish Plot, and was made Chief-Justice of Chester in 1680.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir
For the moment, however, the uprising of Bacon in Virginia and the Popish Plot in England so distracted the Government that it was obliged to slight or to postpone much of its business.
From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean
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