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A85517 The grand catastrophe, or The change of government: being a vvord about the last turn of these times written in a letter to a friend, as an essay, either to give, or to receive satisfaction in the dispute of the last change. By one who takes leave to stile himself Johannes Cornubiensis. Cornubiensis, Johannes. 1654 (1654) Wing G1488; Thomason E726_12; ESTC R206800 14,042 17

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