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A64379 A sermon preached at the funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Mary of ever blessed memory in the abbey-church in Westminster upon March 5, 1694/5 by His Grace Thomas Lord Archibishop of Canterbury. Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. 1695 (1695) Wing T722; ESTC R6633 10,042 16

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