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A50493 A defence of the antiquity of the royal line of Scotland with a true account when the Scots were govern'd by kings in the isle of Britain / by Sir George Mackenzie ... Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691. 1685 (1685) Wing M156; ESTC R228307 87,340 231

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