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A53413 Eikōn vasilikē tritē, or, The picture of the late King James further drawn to the life in which is made manifest by several articles that the whole course of his life hath been a continued conspiracy against the Protestant religion, laws, and liberties of the three kingdoms : in a letter to himself : part the third / by Titus Oates ... Oates, Titus, 1649-1705. 1697 (1697) Wing O40A; ESTC R15499 127,213 108

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