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A14374 A plea for peace: or A sermon preached in St. Pauls Church in London. Iuly 9. 1637. By Henry Vertue, parson of the parish church of Alhollowes Honey-Lane in London Vertue, Henry, d. 1660. 1637 (1637) STC 24691; ESTC S114883 38,111 69

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