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A59913 The second part of the birth and burning of the image called St. Michael, or, A new letter to Mr. Jonathan Saunders, lecturer of All-Saints-Barking being the answer of Mr. Edmund Sherman, late church-warder to a sham libel (without any authors name) called The sham-indictment quashed ... Sherman, Edmund, 17th cent. 1681 (1681) Wing S3383; ESTC R28864 30,547 16

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