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A59408 Innocency modestly vindicated and truth impartially, though (but partly discovered) by Thomas Shadforth, Esquire against George Lilburne, Esquire. Shadforth, Thomas. 1649 (1649) Wing S2833; ESTC R11380 6,513 9

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