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A65662 The causes of our present calamities in reference to the trade of the nation fully discovered with the most proper expedient to remedy the same : whereby the war it self may become as certainly advantageous, as a peace will be destructive / humbly presented by James Whiston. Whiston, James, 1637?-1707. 1695 (1695) Wing W1684; ESTC R1160 11,673 11

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