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A45195
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The honours of the Lords spiritual asserted, and their priviledges to vote in capital cases in Parliament maintained by reason and precedents collected out of the records of the Tower, and the journals of the House of Lords.
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Hunt, Thomas, 1627?-1688.
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Wing H3755; ESTC R24392
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