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A91836 The right of tithes asserted: by our old Saxon lavves. A discourse proving them to be neither popish nor antichristian. Wherein the patrons ancient interest is also briefly vindicated, and a word likewise added for universities. By one that hath no place in either of them: nor incumbency upon tithes. One that hath no place in either of them. 1653 (1653) Wing R1507; Thomason E712_9; ESTC R203391 7,565 11

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