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A33687 A discourse of trade in tvvo parts : the first treats of the reason of the decay of the strength, wealth, and trade of England, the latter, of the growth and increase of the Dutch trade above the English / by Roger Coke. Coke, Roger, fl. 1696. 1670 (1670) Wing C4976; ESTC R23282 53,037 94

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