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A46369 The policy of the clergy of France, to destroy the Protestants of that kingdom wherein is set down the ways and means that have been made use of for these twenty years last past, to root out the Protestant religion : in a dialogue between two papists : humbly offered to the consideration of all sincere Protestants, but principally of His Most Sacred Majesty and the Parliament at Oxford.; Politique du clergé de France. English Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713. 1681 (1681) Wing J1210; ESTC R18016 74,263 216

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