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A64857 The life of the learned and reverend Dr. Peter Heylyn chaplain to Charles I, and Charles II, monarchs of Great Britain / written by George Vernon. Vernon, George, 1637-1720. 1682 (1682) Wing V248; ESTC R24653 102,135 320

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