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A54418 A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margarets Westminster, Nov. 7 being the fast-day appointed for the plague of pestilence / by Richard Perrinchief. Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673. 1666 (1666) Wing P1606; ESTC R18375 21,998 62

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