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A28558 A defence of Sir Robert Filmer, against the mistakes and misrepresentations of Algernon Sidney, esq. in a paper delivered by him to the sheriffs upon the scaffold on Tower-Hill, on Fryday December the 7th 1683 before his execution there. Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699. 1684 (1684) Wing B3450; ESTC R2726 20,559 19

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