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A47796 An account of the growth of knavery under the pretended fears of arbitrary government and popery with a parallel betwixt the reformers of 1677 and those of 1641 in their methods and designs : in a letter to a friend.; Parallel L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. 1678 (1678) Wing L1193; ESTC R13376 27,647 72

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