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A87652 The keepers of the liberties of England by authority of Parliament, to all parsons, ministers, lecturers, viccars, and curates as also to all justices of the peace, mayors, burgers, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables, overseers of the poor, and headboroughs. And to all other officers, ministers, and people whatsoever, as well within liberties as without, to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Dawe, fl. 1653. 1653 (1653) Wing K130; Thomason 669.f.17[51]; ESTC R211696 2,444 1

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