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A92745
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A true declaration and just commendation of the great and incomparable care of the Right Honourable Isaac Pennington, Lord Major of the City of London, in advancing and promoting the bulwarkes and fortifications about the city and suburbs. With a vindication of His Honour from all the malicious aspersions of malignants. Published and presented to His Honour, by W. S.
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W. S.
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1643
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Wing S207; Thomason E99_27; ESTC R20463
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