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B03809 A declaration of the Lord Deputy and Council, for setting apart Thursday the 14th day of October next, as a day of solemn fasting and humiliation throughout this nation, with the grounds and reasons thereof. Ireland. Lord Lieutenant (1658-1659 : Cromwell); Cromwell, Henry, 1628-1674. 1658 (1658) Wing I382B; ESTC R178630 5,691 13

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