"WEEDS AND NETTLES, BRIARS AND THORNS, HAVE THRIVEN……" — Oliver Cromwell
"WEEDS AND NETTLES, BRIARS AND THORNS, HAVE THRIVEN UNDER YOUR SHADOW, DISSETTLEMENT AND DIVISION, DISCONTENTMENT AND DISSATISFACTION, TOGETHER WITH REAL DANGERS TO THE WHOLE."
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Oliver Cromwell
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