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A54464 A sermon preach'd upon the occasion of the Queen's death on the 4th Sunday in Lent, being the 3d of March, 1694/5 / by W. Perse ... Perse, William, 1640 or 41-1707. 1695 (1695) Wing P1655; ESTC R33385 16,721 28

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