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A50940
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Pro populo adversus tyrannos, or, The sovereign right and power of the people over tyrants, clearly stated, and plainly proved with some reflections on the late posture of affairs / by a true Protestant English-man, and well-wisher to posterity.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674.
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1689
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Wing M2164; ESTC R432
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