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A89976 An exact abridgment of all the trials (not omitting any material passage therein) which have been published since the year 1678 relating to the popish, and pretended Protestant-plots in the reigns of King Charles the 2d, and King James the 2d. P. N. 1690 (1690) Wing N64A; ESTC R229644 248,177 499

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