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A25837 An Account of the proceedings of the two houses of Parliament now assembled in England and Scotland, and the Whiggs declaration on Scotland together with Argile's declaration at large, as it was published by him and his accomplices. Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of, 1629-1685. 1685 (1685) Wing A371; ESTC R4926 4,668 10

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