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A66571
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A discourse of monarchy more particularly of the imperial crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland according to the ancient, common, and statute-laws of the same : with a close from the whole as it relates to the succession of His Royal Highness James Duke of York.
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Wilson, John, 1626-1696.
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Wing W2921; ESTC R27078
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