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A69885 Anglia rediviva being a full description of all the shires, cities, principal towns and rivers, in England : with some useful observations concerning what is most remarkable ... : to which is prefix'd a short account of the first origine of our nation, of its being conquer'd by the Romans, as also the occasion of the Saxons and Danes first entring England / collected from the best historians by Mr. Dunstar. Dunstar, Mr. (Samuel), 1675-1754. 1699 (1699) Wing D2617; ESTC R17303 46,649 154

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