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A33293 A sermon preached to a country auditory upon the eleventh of November being the day appointed for a solemn Thanksgiving for a late victory at sea, and His Majesty's safe return out of Flanders / by Samuel Clerke ... Clark, Samuel, 1626-1701. 1693 (1693) Wing C4497; ESTC R39372 17,355 33

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