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A38938 An exact narrative of the tryal and condemnation of John Twyn for printing and dispersing of a treasonable book with the tryals of Thomas Brewster, bookseller, Simon Dover, printer, Nathan Brooks, bookbinder, for printing, publishing, and uttering of seditious, scandalous, and malitious pamphlets : at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, London, the 20th, and 22th of February, 1663/4. Twyn, John, d. 1664.; Brewster, Thomas.; Dover, Simon.; Brooks, Nathan. 1664 (1664) Wing E3668; ESTC R15143 52,156 88

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