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A86277 The idea of the lavv charactered from Moses to King Charles. Whereunto is added the idea of government and tyranny. / By John Herdon Gent. Philonomos. Heydon, John, b. 1629. 1660 (1660) Wing H1671; Thomason E1916_2; ESTC R210015 93,195 282

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