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A30793 XIII sermons most of them preached before His Majesty, King Charles the II in his exile / by the late Reverend Henry Byam ... ; together with the testimony given of him at his funeral, by Hamnet Ward ... Byam, Henry, 1580-1669.; Ward, Hamnet. 1675 (1675) Wing B6375; ESTC R3916 157,315 338

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