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A02797 An apologie or defence of the watch-vvord, against the virulent and seditious ward-vvord published by an English-Spaniard, lurking vnder the title of N.D. Devided into eight seuerall resistances according to his so many encounters, written by Sir Francis Hastings Knight Hastings, Francis, Sir, d. 1610. 1600 (1600) STC 12928; ESTC S119773 131,190 226

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