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A73318 A supplycacion to our moste soueraigne lorde Kynge henry the eyght Kynge of England of Fraunce and of Irelande, [and] moste ernest defender of Christes gospell, supreme heade vnder God here in erthe, next [and] immedyatly of his churches of Englande and Irelande. Tracy, Richard, d. 1569. 1544 (1544) STC 24165.5; ESTC S125558 23,792 64

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