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A88918 Match me these two: or The conviciton [sic] and arraignment of Britannicus and Lilburne. With an answer to a pamphlet, entituled, The parliament of ladies. 1647 (1647) Wing M1077; Thomason E400_9; ESTC R201743 8,685 16

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