Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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A80501
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The copie of a letter written by Mercurius Britanicus to Mercurius Civicus.
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Mercurius Britanicus.
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1644
(1644)
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Wing C6170; Thomason 669.f.10[10]; ESTC R210293
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987
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