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A18050 The wise King, and the learned iudge in a sermon, out of the 10. verse of the 2. psalme: lamenting the death, and proposing the example, of Sir Edvvard Levvenor, a religious gentleman. Preached vpon a lecture-day at Canham in Suffolke. By Bezalell Carter. Carter, Bezaleel, d. 1629. 1618 (1618) STC 4693; ESTC S118631 28,180 76

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