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A51917 The speech of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, &c., Lord High Chancellor to the Parliament of Scotland on Tuesday 21 May 1700. Marchmont, Patrick Hume, Earl of, 1641-1724. 1700 (1700) Wing M587; ESTC R33499 2,049 4

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