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A36052 To the Most Reverend Fathers in God, William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan, and John Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England and Metropolitan England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1686 (1686) Wing D1529A; ESTC R33451 3,479 16

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