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A51532 The portraicture of Roger L'Estrange drawn to the life as it was taken in the Queens Chappel Mowbray, Lawrence.; Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689. L'Estrange a papist. 1681 (1681) Wing M2995; ESTC R15766 12,436 24

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