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A70970 Remarks upon the navy. The second part containing a reply to the observations on the first part : with a discourse on the discipline of the navy, shewing that the abuses of the seamen are the highest violation of Magna Charta, and the rights and liberties of English men / 1700 (1700) Wing R949A; ESTC R4016 19,110 35

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