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A51776 The history of the rebellions in England, Scotland, and Ireland wherein the most material passages, sieges, battles, policies, and stratagems of war, are impartially related on both sides, from the year 1640 to the beheading of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 : in three parts / by Sir Roger Manley, Kt. ... Manley, Roger, Sir, 1626?-1688. 1691 (1691) Wing M440; ESTC R11416 213,381 398

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