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A05387 Queene Elizabeths teares: or, Her resolute bearing the Christian crosse inflicted on her by the persecuting hands of Steuen Gardner Bishop of Winchester, in the bloodie time of Queene Marie. Written by Christopher Leuer. Lever, Christopher, fl. 1627. 1607 (1607) STC 15540; ESTC S109416 21,498 58

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