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A50897 A vindication of His Majesties government and judicatures in Scotland from some aspersions thrown on them by scandalous pamphlets and news-books, and especially with relation to the late Earl of Argiles Process. Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691. 1683 (1683) Wing M211; ESTC R31147 29,176 54

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