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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63880	A sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen at Guild-Hall Chappel on the 7th of May 1682 / by Francis Turner ...	Turner, Francis, 1638?-1700.	1682 (1682)	Wing T3281; ESTC R1763	16,172	40

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