Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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B02847
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The dutch-men's reasons [for] a Dutch Sunday to be observ'd once a month, &c. With their last prayer, and final resolution (if it prove ineffectual) against the executive power of France. To the tune of The city gulls.
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1693
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Wing D2901; ESTC R171880
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