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A58087 The rat-trap, or, The Jesuites taken in their owne net &c. discovered in this yeare of jubilee or deliverance from the romish faction, 1641. Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. 1641 (1641) Wing R294; ESTC R25043 10,100 31

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