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A91254 A letter of due censure, and redargvtion [sic] to Lieut: Coll: John Lilburne: touching his triall at Guild-Hall-London in Octob: last. 1649. Wherein if there be contemper'd some corrosive ingredients, tis not to be imputed unto malice: the intent is, to eat away the patients proud, dead flesh, not to destroy any sincere, sound part. Parker, Henry, 1604-1652. 1650 (1650) Wing P405; Thomason E603_14; ESTC R205827 37,997 43

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