Elizabeth I

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"The persecution of Catholics in Ireland" From Richard Verstegen, Theatrum Crudelitatum H�reticorum Nostri Temporis [A Theater of the Cruelty of the Heretics in our Time] (Antwerp, 1592)
Newberry Library (Case D78 .938, p. 81)
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Elizabeth's military and police forces suppressed Catholics in Ireland and England who refused obedience to her throne.

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