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A90364 Vox verè Anglorum: or Englands loud cry for their King. Written by a hearty well-willer to the Common-weale, and the flourishing of our nations. Peirce, Edmund, Sir, d. 1667. 1659 (1659) Wing P1066; Thomason E763_3; ESTC R207084 20,483 15

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