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A94089 A true declaration of the bloody proceedings of the men in Maidstone in the county of Kent: who write themselves, John Allen, mayor, Lambert Godfrey, recorder, John Chantler, constable, against John Stubs, William Caton, who by the scornful generation of men are called Quakers. Stubbs, John, 1618?-1674.; Caton, William, 1636-1665. 1655 (1655) Wing S6072; Thomason E843_2; ESTC R202134 8,916 8

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