Vox Dei (Thomas Scott)

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Vox Dei is a political-religious pamphlet by Thomas Scott published in Utrecht in 1623. [1] [2] The pamphlet contains an attack on the Spanish match, and ends by anticipating the triumph of the 1624 parliament.

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References

  1. P. Salzman Literature and Politics in the 1620s: 'Whisper'd Counsells' 1137305983 - 2014 "Vox Dei recapitulates the history of the preceding few years, stressing the significance of the rejection of the Spanish ... Vox Dei seemstohave been aimedat readers who wanted to understand (from a partisan perspective of course) how England had reached the current situation, while also continuing Scott's dramatic antiSpanish campaign. This pamphlet .."
  2. Thomas Cogswell The Blessed Revolution: English Politics and the Coming of War, 1621-1624 p.293