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A66618 The spirit of Quakerism and the danger of their divine revelation in a faithful narrative of their malicious persecution of Henry Winder and his wife as murtherers at the publick assize at Carlisle / by Henry Winder. Winder, Henry. 1696 (1696) Wing W2975; ESTC R31020 36,687 64

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