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A33434 The idol of the clovvnes, or, Insurrection of Wat the Tyler with his priests Baal and Straw together with his fellow kings of the commons against the English church, the king, the laws, nobility and royal family and gentry, in the fourth year of K. Richard the 2d, an. 1381. Cleveland, John, 1613-1658. 1654 (1654) Wing C4673; ESTC R5215 69,732 166

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