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A35246 The Secret history of the four last monarchs of Great-Britain, viz. James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II to which is added an appendix containing the later reign of James the Second, from the time of his abdication of England, to this present Novemb. 1693 : being an account of his transactions in Ireland and France, with a more particular respect to the inhabitants of Great-Britain. R. B., 1632?-1725? 1693 (1693) Wing C7347; ESTC R31345 102,037 180

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