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A76320 Bedlam broke loose, a review of that boist'rous uproar, whereby the lives of the right honourable Digby Lord Gerard and his mother were eminently endanger'd, June 1677. 1659 (1659) Wing B1674A; ESTC R172684 5,067 15

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