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A69807 A New discovery of the sham-Presbyterian plot, or, The substance of the information of James Carol given in upon oath before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London, July 1681 : together with an account of the apprehension of one Lamport an Irish papist, that endeavoured to suborn the said Carol, the said Lamport being seized in his bed the 10th of this instant August. 1681 (1681) Wing C645; ESTC R6936 1,829 2

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