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A67237 The pretensions of the triple crown examined in thrice three familiar letters ... / written some years ago by Sir Christopher Wyvill ... Wyvill, Christopher, Sir, 1614-1672? 1672 (1672) Wing W3787; ESTC R34104 91,353 203

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