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A30271 Causa Dei, or, Counsel to the rich of this world to the highest part of the dust of the earth : to which is prefixed an humble address to the King's Majesty. Burgess, Daniel, 1645-1713. 1697 (1697) Wing B5696; ESTC R15481 49,787 144

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