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A80727 The red-ribbond news from the army. In a discourse between a minister and a souldier of the state. / Written from thence by a minister of Gods holy Word in the county of Suffolk, who loveth a souldier as he doth his own life: the characters of his name T.C. T. C.; Coxcombe, T. 1647 (1647) Wing C6711A; Thomason E390_2; ESTC R201527 4,803 8

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