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A56311 A reply made by Mr. Thomas Pury, alderman of Glovcester, unto two gentlemen of the long robe and two knights of the Hovse of Commons touching episcopacy and den̂es [sic] and chapters : at a committee of the whole Hovse. Pury, Thomas, ca. 1590-1666. 1641 (1641) Wing P4246; ESTC R28465 3,953 11

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