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A95324 The true way to render Ireland happy and secure, or, A discourse; wherein 'tis shewn, that 'tis the interest both of England and Ireland, to encourage foreign Protestants to plant in Ireland In a letter to the right honourable Robert Molesworth, one of His Majesty's honourable Privy Council in Ireland, and one of the members of the honourable House of Commons, both in England and Ireland. Molesworth, Robert Molesworth, Viscount, 1656-1725. 1697 (1697) Wing T3129; ESTC R232990 29,409 28

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