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A79264 Englands sad posture; or, A true description of the present estate of poore distressed England, and of the lamentable condition of these distracted times, since the beginning of this civill, and unnaturall warr. / presented to the Right Honourable, pious and valiant, Edward, Earle of Manchester. Calver, Edward, fl. 1649.; Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671. 1644 (1644) Wing C315; ESTC R170351 22,334 53

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