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A79360 By the King. A proclamation, prohibiting all unlawful and seditious meetings and conventicles under pretence of religious worship. England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1661 (1661) Wing C3526; Thomason 669.f.26[47]; ESTC R210890 1,169 1

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