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A42733 An assize sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Glyn and Mr. Serjeant Earle, judges of Assize at Bridgnorth in Shropshire, July the 2d, 1657 / by Thomas Gilbert ... Gilbert, Thomas, 1613-1694. 1657 (1657) Wing G719; ESTC R18734 21,943 35

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