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A43630 The mushroom, or, A satyr against libelling Tories and prelatical tantivies in answer to a satyr against sedition called The meddal, by the author of Absalom and Achitophel / and here answered by the author of The black nonconformist ... Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708. 1682 (1682) Wing H1820; ESTC R16923 14,425 20

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