DEFENSIO POPULI ANGLICANI
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[L., Defence of the English People.] Milton's pamphlet, written in justification of the execution of Charles I., in answer to Salmasiust i.e. De Saumaise, a very learned man, employed by Christina of Sweden to write an invocation of divine vengeance upon the Parliament.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.