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A49552 An introduction to the history of England comprising the principal affairs of this land, from its first planting, to the coming of the English Saxons : together with a catalogue of the British and Pictish kings / by Daniel Langhorne. Langhorne, Daniel, d. 1681. 1676 (1676) Wing L395; ESTC R13965 103,983 214

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