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A95953
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A vindication of the army under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, with an answer to several objections made against them, &c.
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England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.
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1647
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Wing V500; Thomason 669.f.11[44]; ESTC R210556
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