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A32231 His Majesties declaration to all his loving subjects, touching the causes & reasons that moved him to dissolve the two last Parliaments England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1681 (1681) Wing C3000; ESTC R13996 3,813 11

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