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A15556 A sermon no lesse frutefull then famous made in the yeare of oure lord god m.CCC.lxxxviii. In these our later dayes moost necessarye to be knowen. Neyther addynge to nor diminishynge fro. Saue the olde and rude englishe therof mended here [and] there. Wimbledon, Thomas.; Wimbeldon, R., attributed name. 1550 (1550) STC 25824; ESTC S108052 24,677 96

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