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A47687 A letter from the speaker of the House of Commons, to the gentry, freeholders and inhabitants of the county of Yorkshire in answer to their protestation Lenthall, William, 1591-1662. 1642 (1642) Wing L1073; ESTC R11514 1,248 8

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