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A88740 The last votes from the armie: Iune 26. 1647. Communicated to the commons of England, and the citizens of England, and the citizens of London. Wherein they declare, their full resolutions, concerning their marching up towards the suburbs of London. As also, their last reasons and propositions, touching the over-awing power of divers persons, against the faithfull worthies of England, assembled in Parliament, and their besetting and shutting up of the doores against them. England and Wales. Army. 1647 (1647) Wing L511; Thomason E394_10; ESTC R201624 2,275 8

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