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A53007
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A New-years gift being a poem dedicated to the lasting memory of that worthy and learned Dr. Titus Oats, the first discoverer of the Popish Plott to destroy the sacred person of His Majesty, and to extirpate the Protestant religion.
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1680
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Wing N797A; ESTC R26196
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