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A87156 Plain dealing: or, The countreymans doleful complaint and faithful watchword, to the statesmen of the times, whether in the Parliament or Army. Wherein is set down, the rise, nature, and species of right government, with the corruption thereof in former, and this our generation, to this present time. / By Edward Harrison of Keensworth in Hertfordshire, sometimes preacher to Col: Harrison's regiment. Harrison, Edward, of Keensworth in Hertfordshire. 1649 (1649) Wing H889; Thomason E554_22; ESTC R13821 12,317 16

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