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A41165 The design of enslaving England discovered in the incroachments upon the powers and privileges of Parliament by K. Charles II being a new corrected impression of that excellent piece intituled, A just and modest vindication of the proceedings of the two last Parliaments of King Charles the Second. Jones, William, Sir, 1631-1682.; Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714. 1689 (1689) Wing F734; ESTC R5506 42,396 53

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