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A58852 The answer of Sir William Scroggs, Kt., Lord Chief Justice of the King's-Bench, to the articles of Dr. Titus Oates and Mr. William Bedlow Scroggs, William, Sir, 1623?-1683. 1680 (1680) Wing S2121; ESTC R13287 1,934 2

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