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A28828 The history of the execrable Irish rebellion trac'd from many preceding acts to the grand eruption the 23 of October, 1641, and thence pursued to the Act of Settlement, MDCLXII. Borlase, Edmund, d. 1682? 1680 (1680) Wing B3768; ESTC R32855 554,451 526

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