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A32575 By the King, a proclamation for the preservation of the great level of the fens, called Bedford level, and of the works made for the dreining of the same England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1662 (1662) Wing C3499; ESTC R33279 1,978 3

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