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A30617 The soveraignty of the British seas proved by records, history, and the municipall lawes of this kingdome / written in the yeare 1633, by that learned knight, Sr John Boroughs ... Borough, John, Sir, d. 1643. 1651 (1651) Wing B6129; Wing B3774_CANCELLED; ESTC R10587 24,855 175

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supervi_fw-la vendum_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la communicandum_fw-la cum_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la pifatoribus_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la patriae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la qui_fw-la in_fw-la partibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la sub_fw-la securitate_fw-la dictorum_fw-la edmundi_fw-la ynce_n johannis_n dabey_n et_fw-fr will_n federston_n piscari_fw-la voluerint_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la piscatores_fw-la et_fw-la eorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la ad_fw-la omnia_fw-la et_fw-la omnimoda_fw-la costas_fw-la onera_fw-la et_fw-la expensas_fw-la eisdem_fw-la custodibus_fw-la conductoribus_fw-la et_fw-la waftoribus_fw-la persentium_fw-la sint_fw-la tempore_fw-la piscationun_fw-la contributores_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la costas_fw-la onera_fw-la et_fw-la expensas_fw-la illa_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la piscationibus_fw-la piscatorum_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la inueniri_fw-la poterunt_fw-la levandum_fw-la et_fw-la colligendum_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la alios_fw-la fore_fw-la 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