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A62266 A sermon preached at the assizes in St. Maries Church in request of George Ashby Esq., High-Sheriff of the said county by Thomas Sawbridge, Vicar of Harstone, July the 25th, 1689. Sawbridge, Thomas, Vicar of Harstone. 1689 (1689) Wing S782; ESTC R37193 14,262 37

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