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A68723 An epistle or exhortacion, to vnitie [and] peace, sent fro[m] the Lorde Protector, [and] others the kynges moste honorable counsaill of England: to the nobilitie, gentlemen, and commons, and al others the inhabitauntes of the realme of Scotlande Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552. 1548 (1548) STC 22268; ESTC S110952 9,124 42

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