Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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A44620
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How the members of the Church of England ought to behave themselves under a Roman Catholic king with reference to the test and penal laws in a letter to a friend / by a member of the same church.
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Member of the same church.
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1687
(1687)
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Wing H2961; ESTC R6451
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