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A26030 Satan in Samuels mantle, or, The cruelty of Germany acted in Jersey containing the arbitrary, bloody, and tyrannical proceedings of John Mason ... against several officers and souldiers in that small place : as also his earnest endeavours to ... encourage the army in England, Jersey, and Garnzey in their rebellion against the Parliament ... / presented to the Parliament and published by Thomas Ashton. Aston, Thomas, Sir, 1600-1645. 1659 (1659) Wing A3992B; ESTC R28307 24,898 33

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