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A97273 A brief view of the late troubles and confusions in England, begun and occasioned by a prevailing faction in the Long Parliament: deduced to the auspicious [sic] coming in of General Monck, and the most glorious and happy restitution of King Charles the Second. / By William Younger. Younger, William, 1605-1662. 1660 (1660) Wing Y198; Thomason E1873_2; ESTC R204143 45,037 159

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