Selected quad for the lemma: act_n
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A82420
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An act for setting apart VVednesday the thirteenth day of October, 1652, for a day of publique fasting and humiliation.
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England and Wales. Parliament.
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1652
(1652)
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Wing E1077; Thomason 669.f.16[65]; ESTC R211533
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