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A64478 A discourse concerning the basis and original of government with the absolute and indispensable necessity of it : wherein the excellency of monarchy above any other kind is evidently demonstrated : as it was delivered by way of charge to the grand-jury, at a quarter-sessions of the peace held at Ipswich in the county of Suffolk / by F.T., Esq., one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county. Theobald, Francis, Sir, d. 1670.; Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608. 1667 (1667) Wing T849; ESTC R10094 25,159 44

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