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A55949 The proceedings of the citizens of Hereford in the delivery up of their chapter and renewing of it vindicated from the scurrilous imputations of Richard Janeway / by a lover of the king, the government, and the city, in a letter to a friend. Lover of the king, the government, and the city. 1682 (1682) Wing P3575; ESTC R2037 9,717 4

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