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A01880 How superior powers oght to be obeyd of their subiects and wherin they may lawfully by Gods Worde be disobeyed and resisted. Wherin also is declared the cause of all this present miserie in England, and the onely way to remedy the same. By Christopher Goodman. Goodman, Christopher, 1520?-1603. 1558 (1558) STC 12020; ESTC S103263 98,447 240

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