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...eople have been wasted by famine, destroyed by pestilence, or embroiled by faction; or to attack our nearest ally, if part of [their] land would make our domi

...eople have been wasted by famine, destroyed by pestilence, or embroiled by faction; or to attack our nearest ally, if part of [their] land would make our domi

These radicals were looked down on by the dominant faction in the Church of England and were given the name "Puritan", in mockery of t ...historians that religious tensions created by the dominance of the Laudian faction during the Personal Rule were a major factor in the outbreak of the English