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A70553 The thoughts of a private person, about the justice of the gentlemens undertaking at York, Nov. 1688 wherein is shewed, that it is neither against scripture, nor moral honesty, to defend their just and legal rights, against the illegal invaders of them : occasioned then by some private debates, and now submitted to better judgments. Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712. 1689 (1689) Wing L923A; ESTC R15799 20,236 31

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