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A58496 Remarks on the present condition of the navy, and particularly of the victualling, in which the notion of fortifying of garisons is exploded, and 'tis clearly prov'd that the only security of England consists in a good fleet in a letter from a sailor to a member of the House of Commons. Sailor. 1700 (1700) Wing R935A; ESTC R10451 15,250 28

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