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A54696 Ursa major & minor, or, A sober and impartial enquiry into those pretended fears and jealousies of popery and arbitrary power with some things offered to consideration touching His Majestie's league made with the King of France upon occasion of his wars with Holland and the United Provinces : in a letter written to a learned friend. Philipps, Fabian, 1601-1690. 1681 (1681) Wing P2019A; Wing U141_CANCELLED; ESTC R23216 69,552 56

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