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religion_n diverse_a faction_n great_a 36 3 2.0931 3 false
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B04748 A poem occasioned by His Majesties most gracious resolution declar'd in His Most Honourable Privy Council, March 18, 1686/7. For liberty of conscience. 1687 (1687) Wing P2678; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[179]; ESTC R4859 1,038 1

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