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A67232 An assize-sermon preached in the cathedral-church of St. Peter in York, March the 8th, 1685/6, before the Right Honourable Sir Edward Nevill and Sir Henry Bedingfield ... by Christopher Wyvill ... Wyvill, Christopher, 1651?-1711. 1686 (1686) Wing W3783; ESTC R15591 17,063 36

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