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A88428
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The vindication of an injured lady written by the Lady Francesca Maria Lucretia Plunkett, one of the ladies of the privy chamber of the queen-mother of England.
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Loftus, Dudley, 1619-1695.
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1667
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Wing L2829A; ESTC R43695
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