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A46455 The speech of King James the I. to both Houses of Parliament upon his accession to, and the happy union of both the crowns of England and Scotland, regally pronounced, and expressed by him to them, die Jovis 22th. Martii 1603.; Speeches. 1604-03-22. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 1689 (1689) Wing J144; ESTC R220721 13,401 12

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