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A96022 Vox charitatis: containing a louder cry for bowels of compassion, to the Lord's poor afflicted people. : With a word of counsel and comfort to them, and a concluding word to their oppressors. / By A true lover of His truly Sacred Majesty, and all his faithful subjects. True lover of His truly Sacred Majesty. 1663 (1663) Wing V712A; ESTC R186078 14,360 16

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