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A47831 A compendious history of the most remarkable passages of the last fourteen years with an account of the plot, as it was carried on both before and after the fire of London, to this present time. L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. 1680 (1680) Wing L1228; ESTC R12176 103,587 213

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