"Divide not between Protestant and Papist. Divide not nationally, betwixt English and Irish. The King makes no distinction betwixt you."

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15 July 1634, To the Irish Parliament, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 826

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15 July 1634, To the Irish Parliament, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 826