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A29628 The original of plotts, or, Some seasonable reflections upon the late horrid fanatick conspiracy in a sermon preached at St. Maries in Dover, on Sunday September 23, 1683 / by James Brome ... Brome, James, d. 1719. 1684 (1684) Wing B4859; ESTC R37479 17,435 30

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