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A41194 Whether the preserving the Protestant religion was the motive unto, or the end that was designed in the late revolution in a letter to a country gentleman as an answer to his first query. Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714. 1695 (1695) Wing F766; ESTC R35674 40,307 48

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