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A02608 A sermon preached before the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie in the Church of Beauly in Hampshire, the thirtieth of Iuly. M.DC.IX. By Christopher Hampton, Doctor in Diuinitie, and one of his Ma[jes]ties chapleines. Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625. 1620 (1620) STC 12738; ESTC S120498 29,853 115

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