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A47486 Tyranny detected and the late revolution justify'd by the law of God, the law of nature, and the practice of all nations being a history of the late King James's reign and a discovery of his arts and actions for introducing popery and arbitrary power ... : wherein all the arguments against the revolution are fairly propounded and candidly answer'd ... / by Ric. Kingston. Kingston, Richard, b. 1635? 1699 (1699) Wing K616; ESTC R27456 101,348 297

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