Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n
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A31222
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Castigio temporum, or, A Short view and reprehension of the errours and enormities of the times, both in church and state and what is the most probable means to cure the distempers in either.
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1660
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Wing C1231A; ESTC R28548
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