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A24190 Accommodation cordially desired and really intended a moderate discourse tending to the satisfaction of all such who do either wilfully or ignorantly conceive that the Parliament is disaffected to peace : written upon occasion of a late 1642 (1642) Wing A164; ESTC R21031 28,934 34

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