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A45581 A briefe view of the state of the Church of England as it stood in Q. Elizabeths and King James his reigne, to the yeere 1608 being a character and history of the bishops of those times ... / written ... by Sir John Harington ..., Knight. Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612.; Chetwynd, John, 1623-1692. 1653 (1653) Wing H770; ESTC R21165 84,945 232

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