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A01761 A godly sermon preached in the court at Greenwich the firste Sonday after the Epiphanie, Anno Domini. 1552. And in the sixt yere of ye raigne of king Edward the sixt, the right godly and vertuous king of famous and blessed memory. By. B.G. Gilpin, Bernard, 1517-1583. 1581 (1581) STC 11897; ESTC S114032 27,564 78

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