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A59486 Two speeches made in the House of Peers the one November 20, 1675, the other in November 1678 / by a Protestant peer of the realm of England. Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683. 1680 (1680) Wing S2908; ESTC R14731 10,965 15

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