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B05734 A proclamation reviving and renuing a former proclamation against slanderers and leesing-makers Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James VII) 1686 (1686) Wing S1986; ESTC R183590 2,298 1

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