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A49360 The loyal Protestants vindication, fairly offered to all those sober minds who have the art of using reason, and the power of suppressing passion by a Queen Elizabeth Protestant. Queen Elizabeth Protestant.; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. 1680 (1680) Wing L3360; ESTC R5421 6,225 10

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