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The Atchievment of Sr John Presbiter (BM 1868,0808.3230)

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The Atchievment of Sr John Presbiter (BM 1868,0808.3230)

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Mock coat of arms satirising the presbyterians showing a man in roman armour holding a spear and a bag of money while he embraces a women, and in the following compartments: a Geneva bible; the Scottish "stool of shame" in which were obliged to repent in public; "the family of Amsterdam" with the heads of three Jews; a preacher in a pulpit in New England; the crest is a hand holding a torn copy of the Solemn League and Covenant, and the motto, "Aut Hoc Aut Nihil".
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1800
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British Museum
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