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I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our mother church, although defiled with some infirmities and corruptions...Let [the Papists] assure themselves, that, as I am a friend of their persons, if they be good subjects, so am I a vowed enemy, and do denounce mortal war to their errors.

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King James I
Age: 58 †
Born: 1566
Born: June 19
Died: 1625
Died: March 27
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