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A56273 A vindication of Sr. Robert King's designs and actions in relation to the late and present Lord Kingston being an answer to a scandalous libel, lately sent abroad under the title of Materials for a bill of discovery against Sir Robert King, Bar., Anthony Raymond, Charles Gosling, [and others]. Pullen, Tobias, 1648-1713. 1699 (1699) Wing P4196; ESTC R6735 50,330 236

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