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A58716 The horrid sin of man-catching. The second part or, Further discoveries and arguments to prove, that there is no Protestant-plot, and that the design of casting a plot upon them, by the suborned man-catchers, was antecedent to the first discovery of the Popish Plot : together with some further discoveries concerning M. Booth : humbly dedicated to the Right Honourable, the Earl of Shaftsbury. T. S. 1681 (1681) Wing S166; ESTC R7955 21,403 38

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