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B10081 A letter to the author of the Vindication of the deprived bishops, in reply to his reasons for the validity of the lay-deprivation of the bishops by the statute of 1 Eliz. c. 1. Stephens, Edward, d. 1706. 1692 (1692) Wing S5428B; ESTC N33861 4,326 5

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