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A58386 Reflections upon the new test, and the reply thereto with a letter of Sir Francis Walsingham's, concerning the penal laws made in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590. Letter to Monsieur Critoy. 1687 (1687) Wing R732; ESTC R6019 12,159 24

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