OF

THE THORN-TREE.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,

PAUL'S WORK.

BEING

OF W

A HISTORY OF THORN WORSHIP,

OF THE

TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL,

BUT MORE ESPECIALLY OF THE LOST TRIBES AND
HOUSE OF DAVID.

William Thorn.
BY THETA, pseud.

A LINEAL DESCENDANT OF THE HEREDITARY STANDARD-BEARERS OF NORMANDY
AND ENGLAND, THE KNIGHTS OF THE SWAN."

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"And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the out-
casts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four cor-
hers of the earth."-ISAIAH Xi. 12.

"And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head."—
JOHN xix. 2.

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M.DCCC. LXIII.

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