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A79775 To the Kings most excellent Majestie. The humble remonstrance and renewed petition of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, from their meeting at Edinburgh, the second day of June. 1643. Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission. 1643 (1643) Wing C4271dA; Thomason E249_27; ESTC R212545 10,494 15

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