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A34481 The copy of a letter from Scotland, to His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, subscribed by eight archbishops and bishops of that kingdom, as follows: viz. Edenburgh, March 9. 1682. 1682 (1682) Wing C6120; ESTC R213372 881 2

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