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authority_n king_n power_n successor_n 2,893 5 9.1968 5 false
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B21237 A review of the Observations upon some of His Majesties late answers and expresses written by A Gentleman of Quality. Diggs, Dudley, 1613-1643. 1643 (1643) Wing D1459 24,210 32

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