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A53652 A persvvassion to loyalty, or, The subject's dutie vvherein is proved that resisting or deposing of kings (under what spccious [sic] pretences soever couched) is utterly unlawfull / collected by D.O.; Herod and Pilate reconciled Owen, David, d. 1623. 1642 (1642) Wing O704; ESTC R36621 28,490 36

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