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A33738 Animadversions on a late paper entituled, A letter to a dissenter upon occasion of His Majesties late gracious declaration of indulgence by H.C. Care, Henry, 1646-1688. 1687 (1687) Wing C505; ESTC R224285 24,327 42

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