Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers

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J.B. Nichols and son, 1851 - 610 pages
 

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Page 312 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
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