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A58609 A declaration of the Committee of Estates of the Parliament of Scotland to the honourable Houses of Parliament, and to all their brethren of England concerning the necessity, grounds, and ends of their engagement, and of the return of the Scots armie into England. Scotland. Parliament. 1648 (1648) Wing S1208; ESTC R34038 12,072 18

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