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A47487 Vivat Rex a sermon preached before the Right Worshipful the Mayor, aldermen, council and citizens of Bristol : upon the discovery of the late treasonable phanatick plot : at St. James's Church, July 25, 1683 being Sunday in the Fair-week / by R. Kingston ... Kingston, Richard, b. 1635? 1683 (1683) Wing K617; ESTC R17184 23,808 48

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