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A59336 The present state of England in relation to popery manifesting the absolute impossibility of introducing popery and arbitrary power into this kingdom : being a full confutation of all fears and apprehensions of the imagined dangers from thence, and particularly of a certain pamphlet, entituled, The character of a popish successor / by E. Settle. Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724. 1684 (1684) Wing S2711; ESTC R35168 63,695 38

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