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A54595 The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight. Pettus, John, Sir, 1613-1690. 1680 (1680) Wing P1905; ESTC R18517 172,347 454

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