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A48734 A sermon preached in Lent-assizes, holden for the county of Bucks, at Alesbury, March 8th 1671/2 being Ash-Wednesday by Ad. Littleton ... Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694. 1671 (1671) Wing L2570; ESTC R21353 20,489 39

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