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A54212 The second part of The continued cry of the oppressed for justice being an additional account of the present and late cruelty, oppression & spoil inflicted upon the persons and estates of many of the peaceable people called Quakers, in divers counties, cities and towns in this nation of England and Wales (chiefly upon the late act made against conventicles) for the peaceable exercise of their tender consciences towards God in matters of worship and religion.; Continued cry of the oppressed for justice. Part 2 Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1676 (1676) Wing P1362A; ESTC R234420 69,745 113

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