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A41854 The Great advocate and oratour for women, or, The Arraignment, tryall and conviction of all such wicked husbands (or monsters) who held it lawfull to beate their wives or to demeane themselves severely and tyrannically towards them where their crafty pleas are fully heard and their objections plainly answered and confuted ... 1682 (1682) Wing G1631; ESTC R40508 48,310 156

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