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A02849 Christs prayer vpon the Crosse for his enemies Father forgiue them, for they know not what they doe / by Sir Io. Hayward ... Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. 1623 (1623) STC 12989; ESTC S122571 27,936 154

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