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A55316 The politician discovered, or, Considerations of the late pretensions that France claims to England and Ireland, and her designs and plots in order thereunto in two serious discourses / by a true Protestant and well-wisher of his countrey. Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687. 1681 (1681) Wing P2767; ESTC R23435 23,653 54

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