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A51589 Mvltvm in parvo, aut vox veritatis wherein the principles, practices, and transactions of the English nation, but more especially and in particular by their representatives assembled in Parliament anno Domini 1640, 1641 : as also, 1681 are most faithfully and impartially examined, collected, and compared together for the present seasonable use, benefit and information of the publick : as also the wonderful and most solemn manner and form of ratifying, confirming and pronouncing of that most dreadful curse and execration against the violators and infringers of Magna Charta in the time of Henry the Third, King of England, &c. ... / by Theophilus Rationalis ... Rationalis, Theophilus. 1681 (1681) Wing M3061; ESTC R32098 64,306 68

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