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majesty_n answer_n letter_n lord_n 2,607 5 3.8563 3 false
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A24268 An Account from Scotland and London-derry of the proceedings against the Duke of Gordon in the castle of Edinburgh, Friday June the 7th 1689 (1689) Wing A174A; ESTC P2707 4,094 2

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