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A37102 The history of His Sacred Majesty Charles the II, third monarch of Great Britain, crowned King of Scotland, at Scoone the first of Ianuary 1650 begun from the death of his royall father of happy memory, and continued to the present year, 1660 / by a person of quality. Dauncey, John, fl. 1663. 1660 (1660) Wing D291; ESTC R5096 69,173 262

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