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A50052 Choice observations of all the kings of England from the Saxons to the death of King Charles the First collected out of the best Latine and English writers, who have treated of that argument / by Edward Leigh ... Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671. 1661 (1661) Wing L987; ESTC R11454 137,037 241

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