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A87060 Lacrymæ Ecclesiæ; or The mourning of Hadadrimmon for Englands Iosiah. Delivered in two sermons, Janu. 30. 1660. at the solemn fasting and humiliation, for the martyrdom and horrid murder of our late gracious King Charles the First, of ever blessed memory. In the church of the borough of Blechingley in the county of Surry. / By Wil. Hampton rector of the said church. Hampton, William, 1599 or 1600-1677. 1661 (1661) Wing H634; Thomason E1086_9; ESTC R202530 24,674 40

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