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A53100 The common interest of king and people shewing the original, antiquity and excellency of monarchy, compared with aristocracy and democracy, and particularly of our English monarchy, and that absolute, papal and Presbyterian popular supremacy are utterly inconsistent with prerogative, property and liberty / by John Nalson. Nalson, John, 1638?-1686. 1677 (1677) Wing N92; ESTC R10092 110,919 290

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