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B08659 The case of the right honourable the Lord Leigh in answer to a printed paper entitled, The case of Dame Elizabeth, the vvife of said Thomas Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, &c 1677 (1677) Wing C1157C; ESTC R175680 4,051 1

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