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A63931 The case of the bankers and their creditors stated and examined by the rules of lawes, policy, and common reason, as it was inclosed in a letter to a friend / by a true lover of his King and country, and a sufferer for loyalty. Turner, Thomas, d. 1679. 1674 (1674) Wing T3335; ESTC R23756 39,443 46

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