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A80578 Roman-Catholick principles, in reference to God and the King explained in a letter to a friend, and now made publick, to shew the connexion between the said principles, and the late Popish Plot. By a well-wisher of his countrey. Corker, James Maurus, 1636-1715.; M. B. 1680 (1680) Wing C6302A; ESTC R229566 11,561 17

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