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A19854 A brief apologie prouing the possession of William Sommers. Written by Iohn Dorrell, a faithful Minister of the Gospell: but published without his knowledge, with a dedicatorie epistle disclosing some disordered procedings against the saide Iohn Dorrell Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562. 1599 (1599) STC 6282; ESTC S114072 16,727 42

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