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A86553 The declaration of the Right Honorable, Ralph Lord Hopton, Liftenant Generall of all His Majesties forces designed for the west of England. To all His Majesties loving subjects inhabiting in the severall counties of Cornwall, Devonshire, Summerset, Wilts, Bristoll, Bath and Wells, and the counties adjacent. From Plymouth, May. 20. 1650. Hopton, Ralph Hopton, Baron, 1598-1652. 1650 (1650) Wing H2757; Thomason E602_11; ESTC R206872 3,780 8

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