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A49113 Dr. Walker's true, modest, and faithful account of the author of Eikōn basilikē, strictly examined, and demonstrated to be false, impudent, and decietful in two parts, the first disproving it to be Dr. Gauden's : the second proving it to be King Charles the First's / by Thomas Long ... Long, Thomas, 1621-1707. 1693 (1693) Wing L2965; ESTC R1475 62,280 72

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