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A peece of ordnance invented by a Jesuite, : for cowards that fight by whisperings, and raise iealousies to overthrow both church and state, which with the help of a private engin in the cabbinet councell, or Westminster Hall is able to doe more mischiefe at twentie miles distance, than a whole regiment of stout souldiers at musket-shot. Which grievance is by way of remonstrance humbly presented to the consideration of the Parliament

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1644]
Call number: 612629
Provenance: Purchased from C.R. Johnson Rare Book Collections, August 2004.
Dimensions: 22 cm (4to)
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