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A62166 Anglorum speculum, or, The worthies of England in church and state alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained : wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age : also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county and the most flourishing cities and towns therein. Sandys, George, 1578-1644. 1684 (1684) Wing S672; ESTC R7882 366,503 734

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