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A94500 To the honourable, the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the House of Commons assembled in the high court of Parliament The humble petition of the marriners and seafaring-men and other inhabitants of Stepny, and some other adjacent parts. 1643 (1643) Wing T1479; Thomason 669.f.6[106]; ESTC R212590 769 1

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