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A47884 A memento treating of the rise, progress, and remedies of seditions with some historical reflections upon the series of our late troubles / by Roger L'Estrange. L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. 1682 (1682) Wing L1271; ESTC R13050 109,948 165

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