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A39245 A modest vindication of Titus Oates, the Salamanca-doctor from perjury, or, An essay to demonstrate him only forsworn in several instances by Adam Elliot ... Elliot, Adam, d. 1700. 1682 (1682) Wing E543; ESTC R20237 56,671 58

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