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A38211 The life and reigne of our sovereign lord, King Charles the II in a compendious chronicle relating both to His Majesties person and affairs : with the chief transactions of state in the three kingdomes from his birth to this present / by a lover of his prince and countrey. Eglesfield, Francis. 1660 (1660) Wing E253A; ESTC R9075 94,664 357

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