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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09897	Depopulation arraigned, convicted and condemned, by the lawes of God and man a treatise necessary in these times; by R.P. of Wells, one of the Societie of New Inne.	Powell, Robert, fl. 1636-1652.; England and Wales. Proceedings. 1631. Nov. 23. Court of Star Chamber.	1636 (1636)	STC 20160; ESTC S101175	44,216	152

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