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A57831 A speech concerning a West Indie association, at a committee of the whole House in the Parliament, 21, Jacobi by Sir Benjamin Rudyerd. Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir, 1572-1658. 1641 (1641) Wing R2191; ESTC R6236 1,396 8

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