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A42536 The religion of a physician, or, Divine meditations upon the grand and lesser festivals, commanded to be observed in the Church of England by act of Parliament by Edmund Gayton ... Gayton, Edmund, 1608-1666. 1663 (1663) Wing G416; ESTC R7653 47,970 120

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