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A52540 The seditious principle viz. that the supreme power is inherent in the people, and that perpetually as in the proper subject (upon which the late lawlesse actings against the King were grounded, and from which the long thraldom and misery of the three nations did ensue) : examined and confuted / by John Novell... Novell, John. 1662 (1662) Wing N1421A; ESTC R31102 21,045 36

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