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A33728 A rod for the lawyers who are hereby declared to be the grand robbers & deceivers of the nation : greedily devouring yearely many millions of the peoples money : to which is added a word to the Parliament and a word to the Army / by William Cole, a lover of his countrey. Cole, William, fl. 1659. 1659 (1659) Wing C5039A; ESTC R29637 11,304 22

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