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A46364 The last efforts of afflicted innocence being an account of the persecution of the Protestants of France, and a vindication of the reformed religion from the aspersions of disloyalty and rebellion, charg'd on it by the papists / translated out of French.; Derniers efforts de l'innocence affligée. English Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.; Vaughan, Walter. 1682 (1682) Wing J1205; ESTC R2582 121,934 296

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