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A48058 A letter from General Ludlow to Dr. Hollingworth ... defending his former letter to Sir E.S. [i.e. Edward Seymour] which compared the tyranny of the first four years of King Charles the Martyr, with the tyranny of the four years of the late abdicated king, and vindicating the Parliament which began in Novemb. 1640 : occasioned by the lies and scandals of many bad men of this age. Ludlow, Edmund, fl. 1691-1692.; Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701. 1692 (1692) Wing L1469; ESTC R13691 65,416 108

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