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A55606 A vindication of monarchy and the government long established in the Church and Kingdome of England against the pernicious assertions and tumultuous practices of the innovators during the last Parliament in the reign of Charles the I / written by Sir Robert Poyntz, Knight of the Bath. Poyntz, Robert, Sir, 1589?-1665. 1661 (1661) Wing P3134; ESTC R3249 140,182 162

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