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A36460 The Leviathan heretical, or, The charge exhibited in Parliament against M. Hobbs justified by the refutation of a book of his entituled The historical narration of heresie and the punishments thereof by John Dowel. Dowell, John, ca. 1627-1690. 1683 (1683) Wing D2056; ESTC R27156 30,110 170

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