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A26826 Truth & innocency triumphing over falshood [and] envy, or Jasper Batt's vindication against William Roger's un-christian [sic] and false insinuations, in his book mis-called The Christian Quaker, &c. Batt, Jasper, d. 1702. 1681 (1681) Wing B1144A; ESTC R215820 8,433 12

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