Those described by this term have all been “captains and generals for the people” and “pretend a love to God and religion” according to a pamphlet that weighs whether their murder is “profitable or noxious to the commonwealth.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this term whose attribution to one English ruler is probed by the first of three questions in the anonymous 17th-century pamphlet Killing No Murder?
ANSWER: tyrant [or tyranny, tyrannical, tyrannus, tyrannis, or tyrannicus; accept tyrannicide]
[10e] The pamphlet was addressed to this Lord Protector, advocating his assassination.
ANSWER: Oliver Cromwell
[10h] This conspirator, who was compared to Brutus and Cato in the pamphlet, ingested poison the night before his execution for plotting to kill Cromwell by burning down Whitehall Palace. Edward Sexby likely wrote the pamphlet after providing financial backing for this man’s plot.
ANSWER: Miles Sindercombe [or Miles Sindercome; accept “John Fish”]
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