Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n
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A29469
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A brief narrative of the several popish treasons and cruelties against the Protestants in England, France, and Ireland giving a full account of the Popish Plot, and a full discovery of the manner of the murther of Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey.
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1678
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Wing B4616; ESTC R18955
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