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B05935 A sermon preached in S. George's Church Southwark, at the funeral of that pious and worthy gentlewoman, Mrs. Frances Fenn. / By R. Sparke ... Sparke, Robert. 1679 (1679) Wing S4819; ESTC R184509 20,356 36

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