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A43219 A new book of loyal English martyrs and confessors who have endured the pains and terrours of death, arraignment, banishment and imprisonment for the maintenance of the just and legal government of these kingdoms both in church and state / by James Heath ... Heath, James, 1629-1664. 1665 (1665) Wing H1336; ESTC R32480 188,800 504

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