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A56453 More than conquerour a sermon preach't on the martyrdom of King Charles the I, Jan, 30, at Christ-church, Dublin : before his Excellency Arthur Earl of Essex, lord lieutenant general and general governour of the Kingdom of Ireland / by B.P. Parry, Benjamin, 1634-1678. 1673 (1673) Wing P555; ESTC R31070 13,763 42

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