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A22143 By the King a proclamation for remoouing the staple of woolls from parts beyond the seas, vnto certaine principall cities and townes within this our realme. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 1617 (1617) STC 8552; ESTC S3472 3,457 3

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