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A36304 The information of Thomas Dangerfield, Gent. delivered at the bar of the Hovse of Commons, Tuesday the twentieth day of October in the year of Our Lord 1680 / perused and signed to be printed according to the order of the House of Commons by me William Williams ... Dangerfield, Thomas, 1650?-1685.; Williams, William, Sir, 1634-1700.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1680 (1680) Wing D187; ESTC R6224 5,335 15

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