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A34683 A narrative of the popish plot in Ireland for the murdering the Protestants there, and the introducing of popery : and the assistance they depended upon from England / discovered by me James Carrol, in the year 1672 ; with an account of my sufferings for discovering the same. Carol, James. 1681 (1681) Wing C644; ESTC R12089 13,892 16

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