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A14975 Two sermons of assise the one intituled A prohibition of reuenge, the other, A sword of maintenance : preached at two seuerall times, before the right worshipfull iudges of assise, and gentlemen assembled in Hertford, for the execution of iustice, and now published / by W. Westerman ... Westerman, William. 1600 (1600) STC 25282; ESTC S2384 63,408 150

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