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A66454 An answer to sundry matters contain'd in Mr. Hunt's postscript to his argument for the bishops right in judging capital causes in Parliament ... whereunto is added a query to be put to the scrupulous and dissenting brotherhood : with an advertisement how usurpers of the crown ought to be dealt with / by Wa. Williams of the Middle Temple, a barrister at law. Williams, Walter, of the Middle Temple. 1683 (1683) Wing W2773A; ESTC R7863 19,108 36

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