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A05466 The poore mans cry Wherein is shevved the present miserable estate of mee Iohn Lilburne, close prisoner in the fleete. Also an humble petition to his Maiesties honorable privy councill, for meantenance that I famish not. Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. 1639 (1639) STC 15598; ESTC S112218 18,062 15

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