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A26167 An apology for the East-India Company with an account of some large prerogatives of the crown of England, anciently exercised and allowed of in our law, in relation to foreign trade and foreign parts / by W.A. ... Atwood, William, d. 1705? 1690 (1690) Wing A4169; ESTC R223580 23,995 41

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