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A51193 The Distressed oppressed condition of the inhabitants of South-Wales for many years last past, briefly and impartially stated 1. in reference to their spiritual concernments, 2. in relation to their civil rights and freedomes : with several proposals tending to the discovery of above 150000Ł unaccompted for the Common-wealth ... G. M. 1655 (1655) Wing M25; ESTC R26165 4,908 10

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