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A93123 The Kings supremacy asserted. Or A remonstrance of the Kings right against the pretended Parliament. By Robert Sheringham M.A. and Fellow of Gunvill, and Caius-Colledge in Cambridge Sheringham, Robert, 1602-1678. 1660 (1660) Wing S3237A; ESTC R231142 93,360 138

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