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A54599 Fodinæ regales, or, The history, laws, and places of the chief mines and mineral works in England, Wales, and the English pale in Ireland as also of the mint and mony : with a clavis explaining some difficult words relating to mines, &c. / by Sir John Pettus, Knight. Pettus, John, Sir, 1613-1690. 1670 (1670) Wing P1908; ESTC R190 70,019 132

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