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A50910 The life and reigne of King Charls, or, The pseudo-martyr discovered with a late reply to an invective remonstrance against the Parliament and present government : together with some animadversions on the strange contrariety between the late Kings publick declarations ... compared with his private letters, and other of his expresses not hitherto taken into common observation. Milton, John, 1608-1674. 1651 (1651) Wing M2127; ESTC R12978 91,060 258

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