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Thread #81735   Message #1498900
Posted By: chico
03-Jun-05 - 01:10 AM
Thread Name: Lyr:Life and Death of the Great Duke of Buckingham
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Miserable End of Banister (1612 V
My guess historical interest in past historical events was popular at the time, especially with Shakespeare's Henriad plays playing at the same time. Also as a conformist message to warn against popish resistance to the two Cecils ruling Albion at the time.