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The humble petition of the inhabitants of the soake of Peterborow, : within the county of Northampton, containing about forty townes and villages, against the undertakers there: with exceptions to their act: setting forth how and wherein they abused the Parliament by their false suggestions; and a relation of a new reviving of an old court project terribly to threaten those who oppose selfe-ended designes.

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Language:	English
Published:	[S.l. : publisher not identified], May 28, 1650.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Drainage > England > Early works to 1800. Reclamation of land > England > Early works to 1800. Fens, The (England) > History > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1603-1714 > Early works to 1800.
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