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A67478 Walwyns jvst defence against the aspertions cast upon him in a late un-Christian pamphlet entituled Walwyns wiles / by William Walwyn. Walwyn, William, 1600-1681. 1649 (1649) Wing W685; ESTC R27583 46,332 38

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