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A53453 The answer of a person of quality to a scandalous letter lately printed and subscribed by P.W. intituled, A letter desiring a just and merciful regard of the Roman Catholicks of Ireland Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679. 1662 (1662) Wing O472; ESTC R21915 48,236 96

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