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A36902 An hue and cry after conscience, or, The pilgrims progress by candle-light in search after honesty and plain-dealing represented under the similitude of a dream ... / written by John Dunton ... Dunton, John, 1627 or 8-1676. 1685 (1685) Wing D2628; ESTC R15712 68,784 169

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