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A49111 A compendious history of all the popish & fanatical plots and conspiracies against the established government in church & state in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the first year of Qu. Eliz. reign to this present year 1684 with seasonable remarks / b Tho. Long ... Long, Thomas, 1621-1707. 1684 (1684) Wing L2963; ESTC R1026 110,158 256

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