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A60816 Some observations upon the tickling querie (viz.) whether the admitting of a popish successor be the best way to preserve the Protestant religion, with other passages touching the history of the succession and other pamphlets / by a gentleman in the countrey to his friend in London. Gentleman in the countrey. 1681 (1681) Wing S4542; ESTC R17822 8,836 10

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