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A45944 The interest of the English nation under the happy government of King William III once more asserted in answer to the challenge of a Jacobite : wherein is proved that the law which forbids taking up arms against the King upon any pretence whatsoever is consistent with the late revolution / by Philo-kalo-basileos. Philo-kalo-basileos. 1696 (1696) Wing I268; ESTC R25207 22,742 31

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