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A85832 Englands complaint: or, a sharp reproof for the inhabitants thereof; against that now raigning sin of rebellion. But more especially to the inhabitants of the county of Suffolk. With a vindication of those worthyes now in Colchester. / By Lionel Gatford B.D. the true, but sequestred rector of Dinnington, in the said county. Gatford, Lionel, d. 1665. 1648 (1648) Wing G332; Thomason E461_27; ESTC R205193 55,099 61

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