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A36929 Three sermons preached in St. Maries Church in Cambridg, upon the three anniversaries of the martyrdom of Charles I, Jan. 30, birth and return of Charles II, May 29, gun-powder treason, Novemb. 5 by James Duport ... Duport, James, 1606-1679. 1676 (1676) Wing D2655; ESTC R14797 53,659 86

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