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A89785 To the right honourable, the knights, citizens and burgesses, of the House of Commons assembled in Parliament the humble petition of many godly true-hearted Protestants, whose names are hereafter mentioned, ... Nutt, Thomas, 17th cent. 1643 (1643) Wing N1479; Thomason 669.f.8[28]; ESTC R212105 3,004 1

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