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A85018 A happy handfull, or Green hopes in the blade; in order to a harvest, of the several shires, humbly petitioning, or heartily declaring for peace. Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. 1660 (1660) Wing F2437; Thomason E1021_17; ESTC R208465 46,178 87

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