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A47406 Some seasonable and modest thoughts, partly occasioned by, and partly concerning the Scots East-India Company humbly offered to R.H. Esq., a member of the present Parliament / by an unfeigned and hearty lover of England. C. K., Unfeigned and hearty lover of England. 1696 (1696) Wing K5; ESTC R14903 27,535 36

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