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A34711 A discourse of foreign war with an account of all the taxations upon this kingdom, from the conquest to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : also, a list of the confederates from Henry I to the end of the reign of the said queen ... / formerly written by Sir Robert Cotton, Barronet, and now published by Sir John Cotton, Barronet. Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. 1690 (1690) Wing C6488; ESTC R9016 65,651 106

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