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A35517 A discourse shewing that kings have their being and authority from God that therefore good kings when dead are lamented, that all while living are to be obeyed, and that treason and rebellion are punishable both in this and the next world : preached the Sunday following the news of the death of ... Charles the Second / by John Curtois ... Curtois, John, 1650 or 51-1719. 1685 (1685) Wing C7700; ESTC R17308 19,772 38

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