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A38779 The voice of King Charls the father to Charls the son, and the bride say come being an invitation of King Charls to come in peaceably and be reconciled to his father's minde and shewing the integrity of His Highness Oliver Cromwel ... / by Arise Evans. Evans, Arise, b. 1607. 1655 (1655) Wing E3471; ESTC R26694 43,143 81

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