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A61365 The Roman horseleech, or An impartial account of the intolerable charge of popery to this nation ... to which is annexed an essay of the supremacy of the King of England. Stanley, William, 1647-1731.; Staveley, Thomas, 1626-1684. 1674 (1674) Wing S5346; ESTC R12101 149,512 318

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