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A29653 The spoiles of the forest of Deane asserted in answer to a scurrilous libell lately set forth to blast the justice and proceedings of some commissioners of Parliament in that behalfe / by Isaac Bromwich, esq., a well willer to the preservation of that forest, and a joynt-commissioner. Bromwich, Isaac. 1650 (1650) Wing B4892; ESTC R34384 12,186 17

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