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A27535 An account of the French usurpation upon the trade of England and what great damage the English do yearly sustain by their commerce, and how the same may be retrenched, and England improved in riches and interest. Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697. 1679 (1679) Wing B2062; ESTC R19600 16,883 28

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