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A54586 The visions of government wherein the antimonarchical principles and practices of all fanatical commonwealths-men and Jesuitical politicians are discovered, confuted, and exposed / by Edward Pettit ... Pettit, Edward. 1684 (1684) Wing P1892; ESTC R272 100,706 264

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