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A44150 To all who desire satisfaction in the case of oathes shewing how far under the law it was lawful to swear, and how that in any case under the Gospel it is forbidden / by William Holgate. Holgate, William, fl. 1683-1686. 1683 (1683) Wing H2416; ESTC R10810 7,184 13

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