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A84511 At the court at Whitehall, this 26th day of March 1686. Present, the Kings Most Excellent Majesty ... : Whereas it has been represented to His Majesty, that by reason of the frequent abuses of a lewd sort of people, called spirits, in seducing many of His Majesties subjects to go on shipboard, where they have been seized, and carried by force to His Majesties plantations in America ...; Laws, etc. England and Wales.; Bridgeman, William, Esq.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); England and Wales. Privy Council. 1686 (1686) Wing E851; ESTC R223035 1,968 2

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