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A65409 An answer to the late King James's declaration to all his pretended subjects in the kingdom of England, dated at Dublin-castle, May 8, 1689 ordered by a vote of the Right Honourable the House of Commons, to be burnt by the common-hangman. Welwood, James, 1652-1727. 1689 (1689) Wing W1298; ESTC R38525 17,178 40

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