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A60622 The cause plainly shewed of the persecution which is now upon the innocent people called Quakers and here is also a true declaration of their just and honest intentions, and in this all moderate people may see the ground of their sufferings / by William Smith. Smith, William, d. 1673. 1661 (1661) Wing S4292; ESTC R16448 6,154 16

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