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A30390 A modest and free conference betwixt a conformist and a non-conformist about the present distempers of Scotland now in seven dialogues / by a lover of peace. Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1669 (1669) Wing B5834; ESTC R27816 70,730 152

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