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A36317 Fears and jealousies ceas'd, or, An impartial discourse, tending to demonstrate from the folly and ill success of the Romish politicks, that there is no reason to apprehend any danger from popery in a letter to a friend. Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707. 1688 (1688) Wing D1884; ESTC R12533 8,954 10

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