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A44054 A Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien including an answer to the defence of the Scots settlement there / authore Brittano sed Dunensi. Hodges, James.; Harris, Walter, 17th/18th cent.; Foyer, Archibald. 1700 (1700) Wing H2298; ESTC R29058 118,774 233

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