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A37160 A discourse upon grants and resumptions showing how our ancestors have proceeded with such ministers as have procured to themselves grants of the crown-revenue, and that the forfeited estates ought to be applied towards the payment of the publick debts / by the author of the Essay on ways and means. Davenant, Charles, 1656-1714. 1700 (1700) Wing D304; ESTC R9684 179,543 453

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