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Excerpt from A Dissertation Concerning the Competition for the Crown of Scotland, Betwixt Lord Robert Bruce and Lord John Baliol, in the Year 1291: Wherein Is Proved, That by the Laws of God and of Nature, by the Civil and Feudal Laws, and Particularly by the Fundamental Law and Constitution of Scotland, at That Time, and Ever Since, the Right of Robert Bruce Was Preferable to That of John Baliol
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