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A69467 A perfect declaration of the barbarous and cruell practises committed by Prince Robert, the Cavalliers, and others in His Majesties army, from the time of the Kings going from his Parliament untill this present day ... together with the new oaths and blasphemous speeches they doe daily invent ... : also, a justification of Prince Robert his cruelties ... / collected by R. Andrewes ... Andrewes, R., 17th cent. 1642 (1642) Wing A3154; ESTC R557 8,341 10

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